Caller ID Watches

kbielefe writes "On Thursday, Sony Ericsson and Fossil Inc. announced a line of bluetooth watches that vibrate when a call comes in on your cell phone, display the number of the caller, and allow you to press a button to send the call to voicemail. No more digging around in your pocket or purse before deciding if the call is important enough to interrupt a meeting."

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Here's what the Fossil looks like

[xpeeblix]

http://www.fossil.com/shopping/product/detailmain. jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&RS=1&itemID=37060&keyword=blu etooth

Re:So this means, no headset.

[LindseyJ]

Wow. Not only a pedantic ass, but an incorrect pedantic ass. Please reparse that sentance grammatically. He said what he means and didn't say anything at all like what you think.

Re:My Grandfather the watchmaker...

[superflyguy]

RTFA, or TFPD (product description) It doesen't require you to use two hands. Yes, if you want to mute the phone or reject the call, that requires a second hand, but there's no reason you have to do those things, and it's still a lot easier than getting your cell phone out. You still have exactly the same functionality with no additional work, and only the added functionality requires you to press a button. The problem with your analogy with digital watches is that you can already see the time, and you can already see who'se calling you, you're not required to do anything, and if you do it produces an effect that couldn't previously be produced as easily.

Re:So this means, no headset.

[Achromatic1978]

Check if it has a "power saving" mode (the Bluetooth). The effect of this when on is slightly increased battery life, but the inability to connect to multiple devices at once. My SE K800i has it on-by-default.

Re:First things first

[Animats]

I'm wearing one. It's a Casio watch which receives WWV. It sets itself every night at 2 AM. Knows the date. Adjusts for daylight savings time. Solar-powered, so it doesn't need battery replacement. So it doesn't need any attention. Lights up if you rotate your wrist rapidly. Waterproof and rugged enough to survive outdoor activities. Costs about $50.

This definitively solves the "what time is it" problem for locations in the United States. Anything beyond this is bling.

Re:Am I unusual?

[Anonymous Coward]

After an exhaustive search, I found this [pulsarwatches.com] and so far I like it, but is it possible that it's the only decent watch that's all digital?

Check out the Casio line of G-Shock watches with "Wave Ceptor" and "Tough Solar" features. These are metal, not plastic, very tough and durable watches, battery is solar powered, time is set automatically via radio from the Atomic Clock in Colorado (my particular G-Shock works with both the two Japanese atomic clock frequencies in Japan, and the USA atomic clock frequency out of Colorado; hopefully one day Casio will offer a G-Shock which uses these, and also the European atomic clocks, for a true "world watch"). And yes, it's all digital, none of those silly analog dials.

Re:BUTT UGLY

[dynamo52]

This one is little more stylish. It also says the battery lasts 7 days.

Re:Am I unusual?

[KozmoStevnNaut]

I understand the romanticism of wanting to know how it was done in the old days (similar to knowing how to shave with a straight razor, navigate by the stars or shoot a bow & arrow)

The biggest reason why some people shave with a straight razor is because it gives the closest shave humanly possible. Of course, there is a lot of romaticism involved with the collecting and honing and stropping, but for the most part, it's a matter of shave quality. If you've never had a proper old-fashioned straight razor shave at a real barbershop, you're definitely missing out.

I'm not manly enough to shave with a bare blade so sharp it'll cut me if I let it rest on my skin, but since I ditched my Gillette Mach 3 for a double-edged safety razor (and of course proper shaving cream instead of that weird stuff that comes in pressurized cans), shaving has become much less of a chore... I actually look forward to shaving now, and I get much more comfortable shaves.

Re:Am I unusual?

[ErpLand]

Here's a nice one: the Tag Heuer Microtimer