Apple iWatch: The First Generation Smartwatch Wireless Charging

Amazing Info's | Apple has been rumored to be working on an alternative way to charge its rumored iWatch smartwatch concept, wherein to remove the need for wires and chargers.

According to reports, the first generation model will be charged wirelessly using existing technologies used with certain smartphones and cases, whereas future models may be powered by solar or kinetic energy to make sure they never lose charge.

Solar panels could be fixed underneath the display of the iWatch and harness the sun's energy. Like in the case of Casio that already uses solar technology in its G-Shock watches. The amazing watch can receive thermal and electrical energy, additionally use it to recharge watch batteries through solar panels on the face of the watch.

This is further supported by Apple in September, when they posted a job vacancy looking for candidates with solar expertise. Some rumors declared the watch will have a curved screen and run the next-generation of Apple software, probably to be named iOS8.

An Apple patent filed in 2011 described a wearable accessory device with a flexible display that could use the same technology as a child's slap wrap to mount a flexible touchscreen on a user's wrist. It also detailed a way in which the battery life could be extended, with a solar panel array spread across a surface of the accessory device or a kinetic power source similar to those found on several wristwatches.

An accessory device intended to be worn on a leg or arm could very much benefit from this sort of power generation, and could also lengthen the amount of time between charging. Correspondingly, Apple wanted to harness kinetic energy from the movement of an arm or leg as the wearer was walking described in the patent they filed in 2009.

The curved screen and design rumours were strengthen by a further patent which gave Apple the option to install a flexible battery into future products.

Samsung also released its Android-powered Galaxy Gear beating Apple to the smartwatch market in September. However, the design, functionality and battery life has been greatly criticised. Experts believed that Apple may have delayed its iWatch release in order to learn more about what customers like, and don't like in the Samsung’s smartwatch.

In 2012, when the first Apple iWatch rumors emerge, various artists have created concept images of what it may look like.

So far, the latest images from Californian designer Todd Hamilton envision a much more sleek and elegant curved device. He took the idea from fitness bands, in addition to the look and functionality of Apple’s iOS7, to make a watch that is like something Apple would actually produce.