Touchscreen Watch

SkywalkerOS8 writes "Saw this article on MSNBC about a touchscreen watch(Think touchlamp, not PDA). Instead of pressing a button on the side(that usually stabs your fingertip) you tap a location of the crystal's face. Its called the T-Touch, made by Tissot. It retails for $595, has standard features like time, date, alarm and chronograph, and extra features like thermometer, barometer,altimeter and compass. The author of the review points out that the compass is cool because the three hands of the watch form an arrow that points North and updates continuously. Sounds cool and relatively inexpensive considering all of its features. I also found a page by a T-Touch owner." I've always stayed away from watches but there's something about the smooth mechanics of a good watch that amazes me. And last week I got lost, and had to aim a satellite dish, so that compass would come in handy... but so would $600 ;)

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Re:Ahah not new...

[stoolpigeon]

$100 canadian.

Does that mean I should be able to find it in a vending machine here in the U.S.? 50 cents or so?

Not new? It is too- it is the first Tissot touch watch- that's pretty new.

What you saw for $4.00 US, 4 years ago was probably one of those plastic watches w/the sticker face that makes the hands look like they are moving when you tilt it. My daughter loves those.

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Back tomorrow

[stoolpigeon]

So I just had fun w/some posts that I think will get a few people riled up. Now I've got to go home-- so I can't reply to your angry responses until tomorrow.

So check back then if you can.

Hopefully somebody will be at least a little annoyed.

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Re:Compass

[wik]

> Repeatedly insert one end of the metal object in and out of the coil. The needle will become an electromagnet.

Yep. You too can create an electromagnet out of a needle and some string. I didn't verify the rest of this article, but this person has no idea as to what an electromagnet is.