Back in 1975 one of the watch companies made a "computer watch" that you could play a weak form of asteroids on it, and program the watch in BASIC. It had a stand that contained a keyboard and printer, and the watch communicated with the stand through inductance (you had to put the watch on the stand to program it, input data or print).
> I don't know if someone is producing such a wristwatch, but there > was > a research project by IBM: > > http://www.research.ibm.com/WearableComputing/linuxwatch/linuxwatch.html > > showing that it is (was) possible and how it could look like. > > BR, > Nikolaus > Yes. I have seen the prototype several times, the last time at IBM's research labs in Austin, Texas (sitting in a display case) and it even made it to the point where Citizen was a potential manufacturer (mentioned on the web page) BUT the battery life was pathetic, and it was rather clunky looking, and it still could not make a telephone call, so it was never produced. BUT technology moves forward, and someday..... md _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community