Intel working on wireless PCs and $1,000 luxury smart bracelet

Chip giant also plans wireless charging phone covers and wire-free PC-to-monitor connectivity

Intel is ramping up its efforts on the devices front with new devices to go on sale in 2015 - a high-end luxury smart bracelet and wireless PCs.

The company wants to introduce wire-free devices that can be charged using a mat rather than requiring users to plug their devices into sockets. The new concept, which comes under Intel's Skylake processor brand, could be available as early as the first quarter of 2015, but is more likely to be available for consumers at the end of that year.

Kirk Skaugen, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's PC Client Group, showed off a prototype wireless PC to prove that the technology can work at Intel Developer Forum on Wednesday.

Skaugen suggested that the likes of Acer, Asus, Dell and Lenovo have all signed up for the wireless charging standard. He stated that wireless charging phone covers and other wire-free methods of charging for tablets will also launch in 2015.

Intel also wants to ensure that PCs can connect to monitors wirelessly, using Intel's WiDi technology for streaming video and audio to displays.

But the company's plans do not stop there. According to reports, Intel has a luxury smart bracelet, dubbed MICA, in the pipeline, which will come equipped with a 3G radio and allow for notifications to be sent on a curved, sapphire glass touchscreen display. And, in line with the company's efforts to produce wireless devices, the bracelet will be able to be charged wirelessly too (or via USB).

Full specifications and features have not yet been released by the company, but it will market the device with luxury fashion retailer Opening Ceremony.

Intel is looking to tap into the wearable electronic market, which according to research company MarketsandMarkets, will be worth $8.36bn by 2018. However, unlike Samsung and Apple smartwatches, Intel is aiming for a high-end market with a device that could cost around $1,000.

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