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The Redmond giant will make sure its watch supports multiple platforms, not just Windows Phone, and feature a display on the underside of the band.

The upcoming miCoach Fit Smart looks like a hybrid of Nike's FuelBand and Adidas' own miCoach Smart Run, and will likely incorporate a heart rate monitor.

LG G Watch and Samsung Gear Live are readily available from the Google Play Store for $229 and $199, respectively; Acer's smart watch will be out in September.

Developers will be able to use a set of cross-platform APIs to make their apps and wearables sing along, pouring in data into a single pool of data.

Compatible smart watches can run the Hexoskin app and get real-time connectivity to the cloud for Hexoskin biometric stats.

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.

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.