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Microsoft signs up swiss watch maker Tissot for their MSN Direct service. The new Tissot SPOT Watch is in the Tissot Touch wrist watch series. With Tissot's tactile technology, the Tissot High-T Smart Watch enables wearers to simply touch their watch to receive news, weather, sports and stock updates; appointment reminders; and other information through MSN Direct. Kinda cool, but the price tag for this Smart Watch is a bit high with $725 (incl. 6month of free MSN Direct service). SpotStop already has a review of the Tissot High-T. |
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Thanko has another MP3 Player/Recorder Wrist Watch that looks better than the Thanko Ultra Disk MP3 Watch we reported about recently.
The THANKO PowerDisk Watch features a analog watch and a MP3 player combined as one. THANKO PowerDisk Watch can record MP3 from any audio source while you're listening to your favorite music. The WAM-7 is water resistant and features a USB 1.1 interface. Japanese Gadget exporter AudioCubes sells the Thanko WAM-7 with 128MB for $145.00. |
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YRP Ubiquitous Networking Laboratory led by Professor Ken Sakamura of the University of Tokyo unveiled the "UC-Watch," a radio frequency identification (RFID) reader embedded in a Wrist Watch.
The UC-Watch features a function to read data based on "ucode," an RFID code system that the Ubiquitous ID Center developed. Users can pick up objects that contain a RFID chip to read the info, which is then displayed on the 120 x 160pixel screen on the RFID wrist watch. More details on Nikkei ITpro (japanese), NE Asia and on UNL. |
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A new model of the unique PIMP Wrist Watch line showed up on japanese novelty Wrist Watch store TokyoFlash.
We reported about the original PIMP Watch in May. The new PIMP Star Performer comes with a new display design and stainless steel case and band. Like the original PIMP Watch the Star Performer also tells time by lighting up leds in columns. The star perfromer features 4 icons on top, which light up when the mode is selected, from left to right, the icons read Clock, Sun, $, and a Martini glass. |
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WristWatchReview has a brief review of the wearable GPS from Garmin, the Garmin Forerunner GPS Wristwatch.
Quote: "The interface is extremely intuitive, with average speed, time in motion, and a myriad of other readings available at the touch of one of the rubberized buttons. Telling the time, unfortunately, is rather diffucult. I finally sussed out how to set one of the customizable readouts to show the hour. Quite a bit of work, considering this is also supposed to be a watch." Read full Review Amazon.com offers the Garmin Forerunner 201 for $149.99. Compare Prices for Garmin Forerunner 201 on other stores. |
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The Thanko MP3 Ultra Disk Watch is possible the first MP3 Wrist Watch that can record MP3 from any audio source.
The Thanko MP3 watch features 128MB Storage. The time display is analog on a screen, whose light can be change into 7 different colors. The MP3 Watch supports WMA and MP3 music file formats. Japanese Gadget Exporter AudioCubes sells the Thanko MP3 Watch for $219. AudioCubes also sells the THANKO AMP30128A Analog MP3 Watch we reported about recently |
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