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iWatch to Run Third-Party Apps, Key Developer Partners Already at Work

Apple's upcoming wearable device, popularly known as the iWatch, is expected to be unveiled at Tuesday's media event, although a launch will reportedly come perhaps as late as early 2015. Part of the reason for the early unveiling may be to give third-party developers time to build apps for the new device, and 9to5Mac reports (http://9to5mac.com/2014/09/06/apple-wearable-to-run-third-party-apps-big-developers-already-seeded-sdk/) that will indeed be the case. Moreover, key third-party developers are said to have already been seeded with software development kit (SDK) tools to facilitate their work.

A small handful of high-profile social network and services companies with apps on the iPhone and iPad App Store have already been seeded with a pre-release version of the Apple SDK (Software Development Kit) for wearables under strict non-disclosure agreements.
 
 The SDK was seeded “very recently” to these developers, and Apple likely wants to demonstrate some third-party wearable apps at Tuesday’s event, according to one source.

(http://cdn.macrumors.com/article-new/2014/02/iwatch-concept-nike.jpg)<center>iWatch concept (http://toddham.com/blog/iwatch-concept/) by Todd Hamilton, based on the Nike Fuelband</center>
 The iWatch is expected to work closely with the iPhone, but contain its own array of health and fitness sensors as well as near field communications (NFC) technology for a new mobile payments initiative. A host of new iOS 8 features such as HealthKit, HomeKit, and extensions are also expected to be key to the iWatch's functionality.
 
 Apple's media event kicks off at 10:00 AM Pacific Time on Tuesday, and MacRumors will have full coverage as the event unfolds.
 
 
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Source: iWatch to Run Third-Party Apps, Key Developer Partners Already at Work (http://www.macrumors.com/2014/09/06/iwatch-third-party-apps/)