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Wristwatch USB Drive

Posted by timothy on from the batman-batman dept.

opwierde writes "For the gadget happy multitude LAKS has made the ultimate wristwatch. It's a USB drive combined with a watch and they've managed to make it look rather nice." (This looks like a nice place to store a persistent homedir to use with Knoppix-MiB ;))

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  1. What's the point, really? by A+Proud+American · · Score: -1, Insightful

    There are plenty of cellphones and PDAs that have high storage capabilities, as well as a sophisticated timekeeping mechanism.

    Why not just add a bit more memory to your phone or Palm Pilot?

    This watch is ugly, too, if I may say so myself. I'd rather carry a floppy in my pocket and date hotties than wear a nerdy USB watch and spend nights alone by myself on my Linux box.

    Repeat after me: technology needs a purpose, technology is not the purpose.

    1. Re:What's the point, really? by KrispyKringle · · Score: 5, Insightful
      You know, A Proud American (if that is your real name), I see you on here constantly posting about how the latest post isn't something that interests you or how something else is so much cooler. Now, ordinarily, I welcome a breath of fresh air (metaphorically, at least) but in your case, your opinions seem less backed up by logic and more based on a desire to be contrary for the sake of contrariness.

      While I'd be the first to agree that maybe a radio isn't cool just because it runs Linux, or a watch isn't cool just because it has USB, this tends to be the theme of Slashdot. Certainly, I take it with something of a grain of salt and read other news sources, but I find Slashdot interesting. If you don't like the common topics (like useless gadgetry), then don't read it. If you read for the sake of pointing out things you don't like, you are little more than a troll.

      Please befriend me if you don't like idiots.

  2. Cable length? by jerkychew · · Score: 2, Insightful

    So, the USB cable doesn't come out any further than that? Still a cool toy, but I guess you gotta take the watch off before plugging it into your puter. I'll probally buy one from thinkgeek once they're back in stock.

  3. Waterproof by kyoko21 · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Is this thing waterproof? If so, how deep can it go before it cracks under pressure?

  4. Re:Porn videos ... on a *watch*? by Zerocool3001 · · Score: 2, Insightful

    If your watching porn, you wouldn't have a free hand...

    --
    Science will save us. The question is, will it destroy us first?
  5. Thinkgeek/Slashdot Cross Promotion??? by dameron · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Two of the following are true:

    1) Love slashdot.

    2) Push nearly everyone I know in IT to read slashdot.

    3) Slashdot is still important.

    Unfortunately I'm struggling between #2 and #3.

    This post is nothing more than an advert for a 128MB USB wrist watch that has been heavily advertised by www.thinkgeek.com. I've seen half a dozen popular web sites today that mention this watch and -every- one mentions thinkgeek yet somehow slashdot manages to find a "submission" that doesn't.

    Odd. Yep. Unlikely. Yeppers.

    Still, a neat piece of tech, not nearly worth $100. A 128mb keychain is like $30 and few will care if you're keychain is goofy. They're much more likely to notice the geek watch.

    I mean, but your friends will dig it, and that's what matters...

    -dameron

  6. I'd buy this in a second if... by saiha · · Score: 2, Insightful

    This is the type of device I'm looking for in a Secure Digital card reader. I can imagine the possibilities, upgradable memory as SD card become larger and cheaper, easy transfer of data between any computer and my Tungsten and best of all I wouldn't have to worry about not having it when I really need it.

  7. Shipping by Dor · · Score: 2, Insightful


    The difference is in the shipping. If you go to the LAKS site and set the country to the US, you'll see that it's $93.00 + $42.15 (or euros they're charging the same for both) which brings us to a total of $135.15 including shipping. Now take a look at Think Geek, they charge $119.99 (they had to get it shipped into the country) and another $8.19 for UPS delivery bringing the total to $128.18.

    Now which is the better deal?

  8. where do you use a watch, that's the question... by fantomas · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Parent has a fine point, it's the one that's bothering me. USB drive on watch = good idea because I carry my watch everywhere so I'll always have my data nearby... but ... if the watch can't take my lifestyle and I need to have "office watch" and "other places watch" the memory resource is no longer ubiquitous and so loses its value...

    Conclusion - I'll buy this watch if it can take my lifestyle. Which has some fairly mundane but demanding requirements like cycling home in the rain, fixing my house and my watch getting knocked around a bit, oops, washed my hands and forgot to take my watch off, etc....