It’s fair to say that everyone who is anyone in tech is trying to find a place in the budding market for wearable technology.
Google has its Glass eyewear and has also bought WIMM Labs, a smartwatch maker. Samsung,Sony and Qualcomm have launched smartwatches of their own. Apple hasn’t talked much, but is said to be working on a watch.
CEO Tim Cook did nothing to disabuse that notion during his appearance at our D11 conference in May.
“There’s lots of things to solve in this space,” he said, adding that it is an area that is “ripe for exploration.”
But Apple isn’t alone in trying to quietly develop a play in wearables. Both Intel and Microsoft have “new devices” teams designed to look for ways to expand their heritage into computing’s latest frontier.
Former Palm and Apple executive Mike Bell heads up Intel’s effort. Bell, who previously headed Intel’s mobile phone and tablet unit, has been pretty quiet since assuming the new post. However, he was quoted on Thursday in a press release announcing Intel Capital’s investment in Recon Instruments, a five-year-old Canadian maker of heads-up displays.
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