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Fossil's $145 PDA Watch
Robogeek writes: "News.com reports that Fossil will launch its $145 Wrist PDA in early 2002 - "a watch that doubles as a Palm- or Pocket PC-compatible organizer." Apparently, the 190KB device will accept data imported from your PDA via infrared. But isn't this kind of redundant if you're already carrying your PDA with you? (And can't enter data directly into the watch?) Besides, what I really want is a combo phone/mp3 player/PDA watch, dammit!"
Wearable computers, wrist PDAs... At this rate, if you get past airport security, you will need a master power switch to turn yourself off and on for take-off and landings! ;-)
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I'll require a GPS receiver with that, the the audio portion better handle ogg vorbis. ssh access would be nice too.
Till then, I'll remain gadgetless.
The problem I have with my Palm III is tossing in in to the seat bag of my bike when I go off for an afternoon ride.
I'm often on call all day - and as long as I've got my cell phone and my palm (sycn'd to my deskptop) - I can pretty much handle anything that comes up. But I haven't found a great way to keep all of it (phone and organizer) at hand with out having my belt starting to look like the batman's.
If I could painlessly off load my schedule and my phone list to a wristwatch - and then just schlep a little phone/email/web combo doohicky - I'd be in mobile worker heaven!
And people wouldn't shake their heads and lower their eyes when I walk by - like they used to do in High School when I proudly wore my TI-55 on my belt loop... grin.
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remember, the more a watch does, the less class it has.