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Eurotech wrist-ppc

wallythacker Page Icon Posted 2006-03-18 4:54 PM
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Is there any interest in this thing? It strikes me as unusually cool, a "must-have" if the price is reasonable. One on each wrist = uberduber super geek.

http://www.eurotech.com/EN/innovation.aspx?pg=wearable

Wow, for the right price I'd rather get one of these than an Origami.
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C:Amie Page Icon Posted 2006-03-18 5:20 PM
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You just made my day, someone actaully saw the new feed post

I see this device and immediately think of the first Star Trek film. I can't find a capture of it from the movie, just a merchandise toy:


Source: http://www.neweyestudio.com/

I must admit, I would like to have a look at one of these just to see if it really is feasable. It goes hand in hand (pun not-intended) with a work project that I am involved in too.
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wallythacker Page Icon Posted 2006-03-18 7:56 PM
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This gizmo is the most interesting thing I've seen in a long long time. I can already envision a dozen practical uses I could put it to. Feeds like that one are incredible.
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takwu Page Icon Posted 2006-03-18 10:14 PM
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I see this device and immediately think of the first Star Trek film. I can't find a capture of it from the movie, just a merchandise toy:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6026262334

Replica
http://www.racprops.com/issue6/STMP/
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wallythacker Page Icon Posted 2006-03-18 11:33 PM
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$15 bucks for the Startrek momento, pretty good deal.
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CE Geek Page Icon Posted 2006-03-20 1:56 AM
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Since I got the Palm OS watch, naturally I should get this too - if I can afford it.
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C:Amie Page Icon Posted 2006-03-20 9:23 AM
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I still cannot find any pricing information, anyone else had any luck?
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wallythacker Page Icon Posted 2006-03-20 1:50 PM
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nope, I found some bigger images and forgot to book mark them. Oh, brighthand maybe is where there are.
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scharfshutze Page Icon Posted 2006-03-20 9:20 PM
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It should work. Look at some of the other devices today, and think also of the old Toshiba libretto. Featured with 16mb, 1 gig hd, 75mhz processor.

And by looking at that thing, it seems quite big (yet sexy in a geeky way=) I'm sure its doable. Although, I wonder how the battery life will be? I like the idea of
linux.
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wallythacker Page Icon Posted 2006-03-20 9:26 PM
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Funny, I'm using one of those old Librettos right now. Except it has 24mb of RAM. It performs fine for posting here.

The wrist ppc is long overdue. Fossil had the right idea of a wrist pda.

We could all use (but not need) something we always wear around, like a watch. I hope this gizmo is priced at a reasonable point. I also hope they thought about the environment and made it well sealed. I don't expect waterproof, but the next best thing to it.
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Pete P. Page Icon Posted 2006-03-21 11:26 PM
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My #2 machine, my Hitachi Traveller 3745, is a p1 MMX 133 with 40MB and 1Gb.... Also works fine posting here :-) 98Lite Rules!
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wallythacker Page Icon Posted 2006-03-22 4:39 PM
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I guess I'm getting retrograde in respects. I like my Librettos, love my hpcs and but still *want* neat gizmos like this wrist-ppc.

I could care less if I have monster video cards and 250gb hdds in my desktop. I ran that race and wasted my time and money on it.
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