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H/PC Elder Posts: | 2,156 |
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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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Administrator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 17,952 |
Location: | United Kingdom | Status: | |
| 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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H/PC Elder Posts: | 2,156 |
Location: | Barrie, Ontario | Status: | |
| 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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H/PC Elder Posts: | 1,953 |
Location: | BC, Canada | Status: | |
| Quote C:Amie - 2006-03-18 2:20 PM
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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H/PC Elder Posts: | 2,156 |
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| $15 bucks for the Startrek momento, pretty good deal. |
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Global Moderator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 12,662 |
Location: | Southern California | Status: | |
| Since I got the Palm OS watch, naturally I should get this too - if I can afford it. |
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Administrator H/PC Oracle Posts: | 17,952 |
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| I still cannot find any pricing information, anyone else had any luck? |
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H/PC Elder Posts: | 2,156 |
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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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H/PC Newbie Posts: | 23 |
Location: | Warner Robins GA | Status: | |
| 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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H/PC Elder Posts: | 2,156 |
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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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H/PC Philosopher Posts: | 265 |
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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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H/PC Elder Posts: | 2,156 |
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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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