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Citizen/IBM To Make A Linux Watch

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the time-to-get-ill dept.

backtick writes: " Yup, they're making the Watchpad. 'Besides telling time, the WatchPad comes with a calendar-scheduling application, a pager-like application for sending and receiving short messages, and a Bluetooth chip for wireless communication with notebooks, handheld computers and cell phones'" If they'll make a watch that runs Linux and takes pictures like Casio's camera watch, I might just switch back to a digital. Gerdts points out that the watch's battery life is either up to six hours, or only six hours, depending on how you look at it.

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  1. fart by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll
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  2. as a devout moslem... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    As a devout Moslem, I am beginning to take offence to Slashdot's biased and often degrading view of the Arab world. I realized this when I read this post . Normally posts on slashdot that insult any race are instantly pegged as trolls or flamebait, however since the subject of the joke happened to be arab and they are 'terroists' according to the site and most of it's audience, it was considered funny. This is the type of treatment of the Islamic world that drove those terrorists to do what they did. Perhaps instead of blaming it on Arabs you should begin to take some responsibility for yourselves. Other articles on slashdot such as one written by John Katz spoke of how we should be protecting the lives of American soldiers, while many Afghani civilians are being killed. I find this disgraceful, and slashdot has thrown away any chance of becoming a source for reputable news. May Allah forgive you all.

  3. useless by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    i'm sorry, next think you know we will need pda-style toilet paper when we take a shit. does the tech market just push this shit to make people think they need more gadgets or are there really people who believe this stuff is worthwhile?

    why not improve the devices already out there instead of trying to create something that is pretty much useless just so you can say you did it?

  4. It's funny because it's true. by Multiple+Sanchez · · Score: 0, Troll

    This watch will never encounter any traces of melanin on any wrist it ever touches.

  5. Excuse me? by Bud+Dwyer · · Score: 0, Troll
    . . . the geek factor doesn't overweigh the stupidity of this.

    I was under the impression that "geeks" have never failed to embrace things just because they're stupid. Look at the inventory of ThinkGeek. Don't even get me started on Star Trek, that piece of third-rate, communist sci-fi which has become a cornerstone of geek "culture".


    Sadly, history shows that this Linus-powered wristwatch will indeed have an audience, no matter how ridiculous a concept it is.