   After being in the financial media business for nine years,
there's one thing I've learned: Folks love them some Apple
iFiction, whether it's in the form of garden variety speculation
or outright rumor, 99% of which can be counted on to be 100%
false.  Case in point: Over the past couple of weeks, people are
turning their attention to Apple's rumored iWatch, which would
be Apple's twist on the wristwatch.  Was the Samsung Galaxy S4
not sexy enough to carry the heavy burden of giving us stuff to
talk about? (See: Samsung Revamps Its Flagship Galaxy
Smartphone, Preparing to Set New Sales Records.)  The source of
the iWatch obsession is an Apple patent filing for a "wearable
accessory device" featuring a flexible display attached to a
bistable spring, which implies something akin to a slap
bracelet.  Should we be getting excited about this?  I'm going
to say no. First of all, Apple is no stranger to filing
interesting-sounding patents, many of which don't seem relevant
in the near future.  For example, Apple