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Hitachi's Wearable Internet Appliance

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the we're-getting-closer-people dept.

Ned Flanders writes "JapanToday is reporting that Hitachi has produced a Wearable Internet Appliance with head mount display (800 x 600) and a pointing device (all at @500 grams total). Smurf the Weib (c) via PHS or wireless LAN on your shinny new wearable SH-4 32Bit RISC processor running Windows®CE3.0. Available February 28, 2002. Launch in US and Japan was Planned for end of 2001." Someday.

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  1. Why? by iacyclone · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why does anyone need this other than the simple reason "because we can have it"?

  2. Re:Japanese English 1, Slashdot Editors 0 by NOT-2-QUICK · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Perhaps you missed it, but the individual whom submitted the story and was being quoted intended the "smurf the weib" comment to be funny...this is quite obvious as it was followed by a half-assed © symbol - (c)...

    While I agree that it wasn't funny, at last I checked it is not the Slashdot Editors' responsibility or duty to protect us from lame attempts at humor!!!

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  3. Re:This is dumb by PhotoGuy · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Hey, it was only a few years ago that I looked geeky with one of the early Palm pilots. People used to stare and point and comment all the time. Now whipping out a Palm doesn't draw any attention at all.

    But before wearables become commonplace enough not to be freaky, they really have to become more useful, less obtrusive, better UI's, longer battery life, and far lower cost. We're a little ways away from conquering all of those, but it will happen in the next decade, I would imagine.

    -me

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  4. wrong OS choice by ledbetter · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This isn't a MS bashing comment or anything, but WinCE seems to me like the wrong OS to use for a device like this... The only consumers who are going to be interested in this device are, well, Geeks! Geeks would much prefer a Linux or BSD based OS for this type of device.. something that can really be played around with.

    I don't see many applications in a corporate setting either, and even if there was, corporations can pay people to develop apps on whatever OS they want.

    Either way.. it's probably way too early on for this type of device to catch on.

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  5. You can buy this now. by autopr0n · · Score: 3, Insightful

    But with out a hatachi brand name...

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  6. Why not use the stylus? by autopr0n · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I always have to carry around an extra toothpick to reset my WindowsCE device. It only locks up about 1 time every 6 months.

    Why not just use the stylus?

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