Apple Watch: It's an Internet of things play

Apple Watch appears to be designed to plug Apple's emerging ecosystem of Internet of things services. Sure, it'll sell iPhones too, but the real win may be Apple's various platforms for the car, health and commerce.

By Larry Dignan for Between the Lines - ZDNet, Mar. 10, 2015 – 

Apple Watch has been billed as a fashion statement, the emergence of the smart watch as a real device and a way to generate iPhone sales. Perhaps it's more about the Internet of things ecosystem.

When Apple Watch was revealed on Monday, a lot of the moving parts were already known. And then Apple CEO Tim Cook dropped a few items that were begging to be connected.

Among them:

• ResearchKit;
• HealthKit;
• HomeKit;
• 700 million iPhones sold;
• Apple Pay;
• Car Play.

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