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Article: Wrist Net watch has wow factor.
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- San Jose Mercury News (San Jose, CA)
- Article date:
- February 3, 2004
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Byline: Dean Takahashi
My watch told me the weather would be hazy. It was wrong. It was raining. OK, maybe my smart watch isn't so smart. But that's beside the point.
The very fact that I can get the local weather, news, stock and calendar information in my watch tells me that the watch industry will never be the same. I've been testing a Wrist Net watch from Fossil, which uses Microsoft's MSN Direct wireless service to download information. I can glance at it with a push of a button.
It is far from perfect. The watch is huge like a scuba diver's watch, since it has to accommodate a built-in charger as well as a radio and a microprocessor (from ...