An Apple iwatch? The hints have been out

Apple has strongly hinted that it will enter new product categories in 2014. And it's about time not in the sense that it's been too long, but in the sense that the timing follows a pattern of a major new product category every few years.

Two of the most oft-speculated devices for the Apple queue are a television and a watch (known by its rumor-mill shorthand as the "iWatch").

The company's recent video service moves beyond offering just Netflix and iTunes the addition of many streaming services on Apple TV such as Qello, Vevo, Crackle, Hulu Plus, ESPN, and PBS have led some to speculate that Apple is gearing up to launch a television; such a product would likely depend on Apple being able to put together a broadband video delivery service, the kind of which eluded Intel.