Apple Theories: Tablet Computer and Smartwatch

With the Microsoft Surface Pro and Pebble Smartwatch creating popular markets for their seperate niche's, it's not going to be long before Apple comes along with their own models. That's what Apples does right? They wait for the demand to build and then create their own design that blows the others out of the water.

Lets start with the Smartwatch. In a previous article (Apple Smartwatch) I made a case that Apple will be developing one soon. This relied heavily on the release of the Pebble Smartwatch and Apples discontinuation of their square faced iPod Nano (which as many of you know, had watchband accessories). Pebble has had some issues with their product but nothing that would completely deter the consumer from buying into the market.

It wouldn't be hard for Apple to develop a smartwatch. Siri can easily be integrated and they have already moved to Bluetooth 4.0 on all of their devices. Now that the market has been created its my prediction that Apple will be working on the design and release a Smartwatch by the end of 2013 or beginning of 2014.

Evolving the iPad into a tablet computer has just recently (in the past 6-8 months) been discussed. Microsoft's Surface is paving the creation of this market and Apple is just the company to get it right. Recent developments have led to my theory that by the end of this year(or beginning of next) they will develop their iPad into a tablet computer, or at least provide the option through a partition.

Less than a week has gone by since the iPad got an upgrade to 128Gb storage. Why would they upgrade their storage capacity when they have been pushing iCloud so much? They need space on the iPad to install a proper operating system like Mountain Lion. Of course there are hacks available to install Mountain Lion on the iPad currently, but none as fluent and standard as what Apple could do. Recently, a job posting was put out by Apple (now removed) for an engineer to work on Siri for Macs. Siri is ingrained in the OS and with iPad sales exceeding the declining Mac sales it seems to make sense that they are looking to integrate Siri with Mountain Lion on a 128Gb iPad.

Other companies tend to create markets where as Apple waits for a demand before they release their new products. We had tablets before the iPad, MP3 players before the iPod and Blackberry before the iPhone. There is already a significant demand for Tablet-computer hybrids and Smartwatches are moving beyond Fads as wearable tech is becoming customary. The Apple powerhouse will lie in waiting until the demand has reached significance and then we will see a better-than-the-rest product out of them. This is a simple prediction but a likely scenario. Apple is good at two things: making durable products and money. I don't think they would pass on two of the biggest tech trends of the year.