Hewlett Packard also made a wristwatch calculator 1977-1980, the HP-01: http://www.hpmuseum.org/hp01.htm
Nikolaus Am 04.05.2010 um 11:33 schrieb Jon 'maddog' Hall: > 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..... _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community