Brought out this dot com era wrist gadget today. The Web @nywhere watch was more of a mini wrist organizer with a built-in "browser" that you could download curated info from the web to take on the go. It could store various web pages along with phone numbers, emails, calendar events, records, and even download games into it. Along with that you got a standard watch, alarm, world time, stopwatch and a timer. Various animations were built into the watch to give it a more dynamic interface. The reflective green LCD made for easy viewing plus the blue backlight worked well at night. Not sure I'll really wear it much, but might be a good gadget for a cyberpunk cosplay.
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Quartz crisis gang. Grew up in the digital era so I've always had an affinity for Casios and the like. Now I consider myself more of a Casio watch historian, cataloging many of their pivotal timepiece...
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Man, You're uncovering some old but awesome stuff that could have been a novelty idea and cool in the future for computers.Serious cyberpunk anime vibes could pull it off 😎
Man, You're uncovering some old but awesome stuff that could have been a novelty idea and cool in the future for computers.Serious cyberpunk anime vibes could pull it off 😎
I think there's a niche market for these kind of devices. Need to see if a company can step up and kickstart our path to a dystopian world with more of these fun hacktastic wrist gadgets.
The little joystick reminds me of the Nokia 8800 I had in that period. The line between tool and gadget was blurry then.
Awesome watch, I easily see it as a movie prop.
I think there's a niche market for these kind of devices. Need to see if a company can step up and kickstart our path to a dystopian world with more of these fun hacktastic wrist gadgets.
Absolutely.
All you need now is an IBM WatchPad prototype.
All you need now is an IBM WatchPad prototype.
That one or the Fossil Abacus watch would indeed rock.