Pop the band off your Apple Watch and you’ll see a diagnostic port.
Here’s an excellent picture of the covered port, in a tweet posted by John Gruber.
There was some speculation that this port would be removed from the retail version of the Apple Watch, but clearly it’s still there.
There is also some speculation that Apple will open the port to accessory makers at some point. One thought that immediately came to mind when I read that was a battery band. Imagine a watch band that was all battery, giving you several days worth of power without the need for a recharge. That is pure speculation on my part, but you are welcome to repeat it as fact if you like.
Not sure a battery wrapped around your wrist is such a good idea. Sounds like a recipe for disaster.
The watch strap on the coming soon Alcatel watch is a charger … see image before the last (at the end of the page) http://www.alcatelonetouch.com/global-en/products/accessories/watch.html#.VSvNkc7a76s
“That is pure speculation on my part, but you are welcome to repeat it as fact if you like.”
???
Is this from the well bearded man standing next to Tim Cook?
I ran across this earlier today…not a watch band but a watch band “insert” that acts as an extra battery.
http://www.wipowerband.com
A battery band could be useful. What about a band with a glucose monitor, or the various other sensors Apple wanted to put it but couldn’t? Lots of potential.
The Apple Watch will be open to native app development soon according to Apple. One thing all devices for native development have in common (even including AppleTV) is a port to plug into your Mac. My guess is that’s the real purpose. But just a guess.
“According to Dave Mark, Apple will ship watch bands that are batteries by the end of 2015.”
“There was some speculation that this port would be removed from the retail version of the Apple Watch, but clearly it’s still there.”
Gruber has a review unit, not necessarily a production unit. You can’t draw conclusions from that.
So, this port is for data and power? We know for sure it can deliver power to the watch battery?