Daniel also sent me a link to this: Fossil Wrist PDA -- useful, stupid, cool, fun, silly?

Posted by: John S. Rhodes on November 26, 2002 11:57 PM

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It took me 30 seconds to work out what it was. Another 30 seconds to guess that it doesn't work in the UK. And I then spent a minute trying to work out how many extra cables I would have to buy for my gadgets.

Suffice to say, I don't want one in my christmas stocking.

As for the PDA Watch....

To navigate a screen of this size, you'll need a bit more concentration than when using the average Palm device

I have very thin wrists and this would look like I had a brick on my wrist. My inner geek salivates over the idea of using one, but I would ridicule anyone I saw pounding their wrist in an attempt to find a phone number.

How about a 'wrist holster' for my PDA that would allow me to tap at my PDA while on the move? I'm thinking of a design a bit like the Wonder Woman Power ArmBands, although the ability to deflect bullets isn't a must have feature.

Posted by: Mac on November 27, 2002 02:39 AM

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Things like Juice show how much we need low voltage supplies in homes and offices, and standard connectors. Any gadget fanatic currently has countless miniature electric heaters for charging all their devices, and the portability of laptops is always significantly diminished by having to also carry a PSU.

Mobile phone manufacturers could make a start by standardising connectors and voltages, if they can agree on various other technical standards it surely shouldn't be too difficult.
Or perhaps someone like Intel could try pushing the desktop PC as a charging hub, starting with PC-related devices (laptops, MP3 players, digital cameras, PDAs) and working outwards to phones, toys etc..

Posted by: Matt Round on November 27, 2002 03:51 AM

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Juice looks cool! PDA watch is also cool, but like Mac says, it would look kind of silly. Even if you have a large wrist like mine, bulky things just make it look larger. I also don't think women wearing bulky watches looks very nice - women typically look better with more spare watches that accentuate their (generally) smaller wrists.

Posted by: Lydia on December 2, 2002 10:17 PM

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