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Friday 27 February 2015

Apple Watch time? Company sets March 9 'spring forward' event

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Apple will hold a press event March 9.Screenshot by Shara Tibken/CNET
We may see Apple Watch sooner than expected.
Apple on Thursday sent out invitations for a press event on March 9 at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts Theater in San Francisco. The company has held many of its product introductions in the downtown venue, which is larger than the Town Hall auditorium on its campus.
Apple likely will show off Apple Watch, its first wearable. Last month, CEO Tim Cook said Apple would start selling the smartwatch in April.
Apple Watch is the first major new product category for the company since the "magical" iPad in 2010. It's also the first new push by Apple under Cook's leadership. Cook had promised for over a year that Apple would introduce "amazing" new products in 2014 and enter "exciting new product categories" beyond its wildly successful smartphones, tablets and computers. Apple Watch, along with the new Apple Pay mobile-payments service, fulfill that vow.The lowest-end Apple Watch will cost $349. The company announced the device during a star-studded event in September. At the same time, it introduced its bigger-screen iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus devices. It also held an event in October to unveil its newest iPads and Macs, including the high resolution iMac.
Along with Apple Watch, the company also could show off an updated Apple TV that works as the hub for a smart home and has more video and live TV features. And Apple could introduce the long-awaited 12-inch "iPad Pro" or a MacBook Air with Retina Display -- two products market watchers have long been awaiting.

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