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With this integration Pebble owners to use their smart watch as a pedometer, and track such metrics as calories burned and distance traveled.

Apple wants to conduct real-world tests of the iWatch in professional conditioning environments, while also scoring some early endorsements.

The watch is touted to fuse "haute-couture design with intuitive, discrete technology" and -- for what it matters -- is made in Switzerland.

LabStyle makes Dario, which combines a mobile glucose meter with personalized information about how your nutrition and activity affects your sugar levels.

Using a smartphone and an attached device that work with an accompanying app, the system can quantify and interpret the results within five minutes.

Existing investors also participated, including Real Ventures, Mistral Venture Partners, Golden Venture Partners, David Cohen, Flextronics and Primera Capital.

Apps relying on the Virtual Visits technology will allow consumers to request a virtual medical session for acute conditions, like a cold, flu or sore throat.

The $69 wrist band is one of the most affordable fitness bands on the market; it can track sleep, heart rate, calories, steps and distance.

One of the patents envisions a smartphone responding to data sent by various sensors coming from either the iPhone or other wearable devices, or both.

Apple will procure iWatch components Quanta, LG and Heptagon which will be taking care of the chassis, screen and internal sensors, respectively.