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Affordable Wearables May Arrive By Christmas

Posted by timothy on from the stop-wincing-in-disbelief dept.

Rhinobird writes: "I was just catching up on some stuff and ran across this article on New Scientist. It describes a new Hitachi wearable computer which is planned for a release of Christmas 2001. More info can be found at Hitachi's site here(1) and here(2)." These will come with Windows CE officially, but unofficially, how long could it take to make them run other OSes as well? At $2000, wearables might finally hit a lot of toylists.

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  1. Uh-oh by Lynx0 · · Score: 3, Funny

    I won't buy one of those - I can imagine walking down the street surfing the web, an then being attacked by some drunkard yelling: It's the Borg, get 'em!

  2. The best and only wearable... by dr_labrat · · Score: 3, Funny

    Those baseball hats that carry 2 cans of beer are the pinnacle of wearable utilities... Affordable too!

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  3. great by mbadolato · · Score: 3, Funny

    These will come with Windows CE officially Great, can't wait til I have to piss really bad an can't unzip my pants due to a BSOD =)

  4. Porn on the Go.... by cybersmith · · Score: 2, Funny

    How long do you think it'll be until there are law's against wearable computer's while driving like the NY cell phone ban. If talking on the phone is distracting, what about P0RN!!

    1. Re:Porn on the Go.... by dragonmaster_zoc · · Score: 1, Funny

      Actually, the NY "ban" does not apply to cell phones being used with a hands-free device.

  5. Huh? by Kwikymart · · Score: 3, Funny

    At $2000, wearables might finally hit a lot of toylists.

    For some reason, i first read that as :

    At $2000, wearables might finally hit a lot of toilets

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  6. WinCE? Who will make it? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    MS has already collapsed, and certainly won't be around for Christmas. Who will write the OS for them? Or did MS open source everything before the went under?

  7. Balmer tested one and had to piss, see the video by VampireByte · · Score: 5, Funny

    This video shows a demonstration gone bad. It appears that a Windows CE handheld playing ancient Miami Sound Machine music shorted out while Balmer had it in his pocket.

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