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Nuggets: Casio Puts MP3 On Your Wrist
News Everyone wears one and all they do is sit on your wrist telling the time. The Wrist Audio Player, 49 x 54 x 19mm and weighing 70g, comes with a built in 16MB Multi Media Card to store and play MP3 files.
[January 7, 2000, 14:09]
Nuggets: Casio's Beaming Wrist Technology
News The watch, which is from Casio's futuristic-sounding Wrist Technology range, allows its owner to send and receive data through infrared from their wrist. Having important dates on your wrist means that you're much less likely to miss a vital...
[June 14, 2000, 14:15]
DoCoMo Debuts Wrist-phone
Talkback Have been reading about the wrist phone not being popular. I think there would be a demand for a simple wrist mobile phone which had perhaps two connections only,one to a reletive & other to the emergency services.
[September 29, 2006, 13:15]
UK Misses Out On Wrist PDA
News PalmSource said the device combines the benefits of the Palm OS with the convenience of a wrist watch. Fossil claims it will run most Palm OS applications, although it recommends that users run applications that take advantage of the special...
[January 6, 2005, 16:45]
One On The Wrist
Blog The human wrist is a dangerous place. You can now buy slightly more capable wrist-mounted walkie-talkies - but that's not what we want, is it? Company after company has tried to use it as a platform for personal high technology - HP, Intel...
[June 4, 2007, 19:06]
DoCoMo Debuts Wrist-phone
News The gunmetal grey device is among the first examples of a wrist-worn cell phone making its way to market decades after being envisioned by the creators of 1940s comic book gumshoe Dick Tracy. On Wednesday, Japanese cell phone carrier NTT DoCoMo...
[March 27, 2003, 12:02]
Fossil Unearths Wrist PDA
News Fossil, the Texas-based maker of trendy watches and other accessories, has started selling the Wrist PDA, a Palm-compatible device that displays contacts, to-dos, appointments and other information from a handheld computer.
[April 30, 2002, 17:08]
Mac 'wrist Spots' Upset Some Users
News What began as a few isolated reports of mysterious stains appearing on the wrist rests of Apple’s MacBooks looks to be more widespread and the impetus for a growing Web community of displeased owners.
[July 3, 2006, 10:15]
BT’s Wrist Slapped Over 'free VoIP' Advert
Talkback UNFAIR TRADE PRACTICE The use of deceptive, ambiguous and misleading words in an advertisement is not only unfair but equally an “unfair trade practice” that is prohibited in almost all the civilized nations.
[June 29, 2005, 18:52]
UK Misses Out On Wrist PDA
Talkback So much for the global market place, Why make it so hard for us to purchase one? Well, they do say that UK is the harshest market place! So perhaps they know it is a waste of time LOL
[January 7, 2005, 10:48]
NERC Gets Aurora Slap On The Wrist
Blog A major US energy overseer has been boxed around the ears by a US policy maker over its handling of a vulnerability in US critical national infrastructure security. US Representative James Langevin, chair of the House Subcommittee on cybersecurity...
[May 28, 2008, 16:49]
Handheld Makers Get FCC Wrist-slapping
News The Federal Communications Commission, which earlier this week approved new wireless handhelds from Palm and Handspring, has set aside its decisions at the request of the companies. Palm received approval on Monday for the i705, a handheld with...
[August 30, 2001, 8:58]
BT’s Wrist Slapped Over 'free VoIP' Advert
News The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld a complaint on Wednesday against BT over a direct mail advert to their broadband customers promoting BT Communicator, its recently launched Internet telephony package.
[June 29, 2005, 18:20]
Orange Has Wrist Slapped Over Data Protection Breach
Blog The communications giant has had a tongue-lashing from the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) over a breach of the Data Protection Act (DPA). It seems that Orange customer service representatives that had recently been employed had been...
[June 22, 2007, 14:53]
It's All In The Wrist: Improving Patient Safety With Bar Code Wristbands
White Papers Wristbands can be incorporated into physical security systems, which is often done by using wristbands with radio frequency identification (RFID) chips. RFID is the same technology used in hands-free key cards used to open doors and parking gates.
[January 1, 1970, 0:59]
Smartphones Aren't Smart Enough To Kill The PC
Talkback Smartphones are more like wrist watches. It's about filling the empty space around your wrist. There once was a time that a few people had a huge clock in their living room and nothing else. There is a time and place for smartphones.
[October 28, 2006, 1:09]
Wearable Patents Take Off
News A wearable-computing company specialising in wireless items this week won several patents for devices including a credit card terminal that fits on a wrist and can print receipts. The other devices from Orang-Otang Computers sound more like they...
[May 14, 2001, 8:29]
Fossil Squeezes PDA Into A Watch
News Fossil, the Texas-based maker of fashion watches, clothing and other accessories, has launched the latest twist on the 1980s-style watch-calculator with the Wrist PDA, a watch that doubles as a Palm- or Pocket PC-compatible organiser.
[November 8, 2001, 17:28]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog There's something slightly sinister about them and their regimentation of compassion, as if going about with an unadorned wrist is a sign that you don't care enough or in the right way. Nokia, ever sensitive to trends among the image makers, is...
[June 17, 2005, 18:45]
Wearable Computers Soon To Be Everywhere
News The Global Market for Wearable Computers, published this week by research firm Venture Development Corporation (VDC), predicts that shipments of wearable computers -- such as those worn on the wrist, belt, earring or in the fabric of clothing...
[September 5, 2002, 13:47]
