Fossil scraps the Wrist PDA, planning new and improved version

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Fossil Wrist PDA (Finally) Reviewed

Fossil Wrist PDA (Finally) Reviewed 02/05/2005 10:17 PM

For those of you who don't mind adorning your wrist with what appears to be a small, metal-framed end table comes the Wrist PDA from Fossil. Possibly the first wrist watch to come with a stylus, (albeit one that looks like the nail file from a mini-Leatherman) Fossil has jam-packed every ounce of PalmOS goodness they could into a little square. As a bonus, they've graciously packed it in an adorable orange tin which you can later use to store your Tinker Toys or fingers collection. FossilWristPDA.com has a surprisingly balanced review/getting started guide that gets only a little bit smarmy (and we'll cut them some slack, since they've obviously been anxiously sitting on that domain for a while). It seems that writing on the watch has a bit of a learning curve, but using most third party software works well and allows you to pack quite a bit of functionality onto your wrist. It's only taken like 3 years to get here.

Review/G etting Started Guide [FossilWristPDA via I4U]

Fossil Wrist PDA Reviewed Again
(Verdict: Outdated)

Fossil Wrist PDA Reviewed Again
(Verdict: Outdated) 03/22/2005 04:46 PM

TheRegister has gotten their paws on a Fossil Wrist PDA, the FX2008, and posted their review of it. After having waited "an extra year," the reviewer says it has some serious pitfalls — it's too damn big and has too short a battery life. One is a critical blow to the "watch" aspect, and the other a critical blow to the "PDA" aspect. I'll let you figure out which is which. Fatality.

Product Information [TheRegister]

Beiks Launches New Software Store for
Fossil Abacus Wrist PDAs

Beiks Launches New Software Store for
Fossil Abacus Wrist PDAs 02/01/2005 10:01 PM
Beiks LLC, the world leader in reference and language titles for mobile devices, announces it has opened a new section of its Web site devoted to software compatible with Fossil’s new Abacus Wrist PDA. [PRWEB Jan 13, 2005]

UK journey planning improved by
transportdirect.info from Ordnance
Survey & DFT

UK journey planning improved by
transportdirect.info from Ordnance
Survey & DFT 07/01/2004 06:48 PM
PublicTechnology.net Jul 1 2004 11:10PM GMT

Wikipedia planning a DVD version

Wikipedia planning a DVD version 04/07/2005 02:34 PM
ZDNet UK Apr 7 2005 6:50PM GMT

Second Test Version of Improved Popup
Blocker Extension

Second Test Version of Improved Popup
Blocker Extension 04/07/2005 10:36 AM

Improved Outcomes Releases
GeneLinker(TM) Gold and Platinum Version
4.6

Improved Outcomes Releases
GeneLinker(TM) Gold and Platinum Version
4.6 02/01/2005 09:20 PM
Improved Outcomes Software (IOS) today announced the release of GeneLinker(TM) Gold and Platinum 4.6, new versions of the award-winning Gene Expression and Proteomics Analysis Software products. [PRWEB Jan 14, 2005]

Improved Translation Dictionary Software
for Macintosh - Ultralingua, Inc.,
Releases Version 5.0

Improved Translation Dictionary Software
for Macintosh - Ultralingua, Inc.,
Releases Version 5.0 09/14/2004 02:03 AM
New version update offers many enhancements to their translation dictionary software for Macintosh, for English, French, German, Spanish, and more. [PRWEB Sep 14, 2004]

Apple Planning Subscription Version Of
iTunes? Depends On How Badly Do You Want
To Believe

Apple Planning Subscription Version Of
iTunes? Depends On How Badly Do You Want
To Believe 03/17/2005 03:09 AM

By Peter Rojas, Engadget

Planning Portal signs up Sheffield City
Council to accept planning applications

Planning Portal signs up Sheffield City
Council to accept planning applications 06/08/2004 04:08 AM
PublicTechnology.net Jun 8 2004 8:43AM GMT

Slap on the wrist

Slap on the wrist 08/17/2004 09:11 PM
ZDNet Australia Aug 18 2004 1:40AM GMT

Watchmaker Jot's One Down for Wrist PDA

Watchmaker Jot's One Down for Wrist PDA 03/19/2003 10:42 PM
Fossil's upcoming Wrist PDAs will include CIC's JotComplete to make them operate like any Palm Powered device.

Well known spammer gets a slap on the
wrist

Well known spammer gets a slap on the
wrist 07/22/2004 08:12 PM

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Even though the New York State Attorney General Eliot Spitzer had some choice words for the defendants in a spamming lawsuit, Scott Richter only received a slap on the wrist after a deal was reached. One thing to note is that Richter makes his claim to fame by stating that he makes “several million dollars a month in profits”. If this statement even has a thread of truth to it, then you have to wonder…

Wrist-sheath for phones

Wrist-sheath for phones 08/06/2004 07:52 AM
The Phone Safe is a work-through phone-sheath that you wear on your forearm. Worn with a jacket, it can also act as a concealment device. Link (via Red Ferret Journal)

A Great Idea That's All in the Wrist

A Great Idea That's All in the Wrist 06/05/2005 10:45 PM
The translation of human will into machine movement via a single stick may be one of the most overlooked achievements of the last 100 years.

Overclock your PC with a twist of your
wrist

Overclock your PC with a twist of your
wrist 03/13/2003 05:01 PM

Wrist-mounted catapault watch

Wrist-mounted catapault watch 12/16/2003 05:25 PM
The Catapault Watch fires BBs and similar projectiles from your wrist. Link (Thanks, Samari Chop!)

On Your Wrist, a PC Controller That Can
Read Your Palm

On Your Wrist, a PC Controller That Can
Read Your Palm 01/09/2004 09:55 PM
The Lightglove, a computer controller that uses light to create virtual buttons and control the cursor, makes the hand more powerful than ever before. It is also a boon to computer users who cannot manipulate a conventional keyboard or mouse.

Will We All Retire Wearing Wrist Braces?

Will We All Retire Wearing Wrist Braces? 03/14/2005 05:16 PM
" I even had custom made ones when I was in Carpal Tunnel rehab, but they're not very comfortable for working."

Microsoft's Latest, Strapped to a Wrist

Microsoft's Latest, Strapped to a Wrist 01/09/2004 09:55 PM
Microsoft's new Smart Watches can download and display tiny bits of text information from the Web.

Microsoft receives slap on the wrist
from Japan

Microsoft receives slap on the wrist
from Japan 07/13/2004 10:26 PM
Japan's investigation into Microsoft's business practices in that country seems to have ended with a relative fizzle.

Well-Timed Traveling Music at the Ready
on Your Wrist

Well-Timed Traveling Music at the Ready
on Your Wrist 06/17/2004 01:05 PM
BMW has put its brand on the LAKS Memory Music MP3 watch.

Wrist-mounted instrumentation: nerdy
cufflinks

Wrist-mounted instrumentation: nerdy
cufflinks 07/15/2004 12:17 PM
I've never had much use for cufflinks (especially since my tux and tux-shirt vanished along with three boxes of prized possessions that I mailed from San Francisco to London), but these ones appeal to the autistically instrument-obssessed nerd in me: an entire line of cufflinks with embedded clocks, thermomenters and compasses. It's enough to make me a) want to buy a pair and b) buy a new tux to wear 'em with. Link (Thanks, Yoz!)

Tech bubble banker slapped on wrist

Tech bubble banker slapped on wrist 01/19/2004 04:13 PM
$30,000 fine, ban for CSFB's Quattrone

First Microsoft SPOT Wrist Watch Review

First Microsoft SPOT Wrist Watch Review 12/16/2003 02:01 AM
I4U Dec 16 2003 0:22AM ET

Digging Fossil

Digging Fossil 08/10/2004 12:24 PM
Investors love Fossil today. Should you love it too?

Wrist-mounted walkie-talkies storm Hong
Kong

Wrist-mounted walkie-talkies storm Hong
Kong 12/22/2003 11:20 AM
Gizmodo reported that people in Hong Kong are going around with short-range walkie talkies in order to communicate with nearby chums wihtout paying a toll to the telcos; now a Gizmodo reader confirms it:

Your entry on the HK Walkie Talkie phenomenon is 100% accurate. All the electronics markets are filled with FRS radios and the like. I've even seen people using them to meet up on the MTR (Subway).

He also says that walkie-talkies that you wear on your wrist (like the one pictured at right) are most definitely the ones to be seen with.

Link

Fossil Fool Down Low Glow

Fossil Fool Down Low Glow 08/20/2004 12:50 PM

Oh good, rice for bikes! While ostensibly the Down Low Glow from Fossil Fool is for safety, I think we all know what the real purpose of these kits are - to siphon money away from filthy Burning Man participants and/or gangbangers. But whether you're caked in dried mud or just the shame of your own personal style choices, the Down Low Glow can be yours for just $100.

Or you can spring for the two-light set for $150. Might as well.

Read - Product Page [FossilFool via TRFJ]

T. rex fossil has 'soft tissues'

T. rex fossil has 'soft tissues' 03/24/2005 04:34 PM
Dinosaur experts extract samples of what appear to be soft tissues from a Tyrannosaurus rex leg fossil.

Fossil Stormtrooper Watch Now Available

Fossil Stormtrooper Watch Now Available 12/02/2003 10:12 PM
Fossil's newest addition to their excellent collection of Star Wars watches can now be purchased online. The watch is limited in production to 3,000 and retails for $125. Made of stainless steel with a Stormtrooper and imperial logo on the face, it includes a plastic case shaped in the form of a Stormtrooper helmet.

Fossil Finds Profits

Fossil Finds Profits 05/10/2004 02:40 PM
Consumers dig the watch company's unique fashion concept.

Fossil Horses in Cyberspace

Fossil Horses in Cyberspace 12/04/2003 03:33 PM
Fossil Horses in Cyberspace. Equine history.

MUD Scraps

MUD Scraps 09/15/2004 01:49 AM

These are just MUD/IRC/IM related scraps of thought trails accumulated over the past couple of weeks.  Actually, most of them are resurfaced scraps from long past but I turned them over like one would a flipjack so I thought I should park them on my blog so I can look it up next time they resurface.

• IRC channels as rooms in a MUD - an IRC channel is, in essence, a bunch of people talking in a room.  Everyone can hear and see each other (unless they are whispering or lurking invisibly).  It's just like being at a same location in a MUD.
• IM session inside a MUD - IM is like talking inside a private room in a MUD.  Overlaying the room metaphor gives persistence to sessions and storage for shared objects.
• Wiki page as a room, an object, or a thread of conversation inside a MUD.
• Topic or thread of conversation as an object - threads of conversations are constantly created and updated and 'leads' to the threads can be found by where, when, who, and what.  So if you enter a room where a conversation took place there some time ago, you can find it and, if you want, pocket it to keep track.  In a sense, you are subscribing to a feed.
• Googling conversations in IRC and MUD - this is self evident so I won't explain.  A hack implementation can just generate a web page per thread of conversation and let Google index them.
• NPC as IRC bots - enough said other than that they should be easily programmable, customizable, and deployable.
  • Fido, open the report.
  • Fido> Which report?  I have...
• MUD objects with MIME types and custom renderers - images are displayed, audio and movies are played, spreadsheet is displayed using Excel, etc.  Thumbnails of these objects are displayed when 'see' command is invoked.

SO -- how do we make the Catholics' slap
on the wrist an expression of BIGOTED
HATEFUL EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVIL?

SO -- how do we make the Catholics' slap
on the wrist an expression of BIGOTED
HATEFUL EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEVIL? 06/20/2004 06:44 AM
Politicians Face Censure From Bishops on Abortion Rights 6/19 .. Hmm

nytimes.com/2004/06/19/national/19BISH.final.html?hp
track this site | 3 links

"fossil that contains preserved soft
tissues from a T-Rex "

"fossil that contains preserved soft
tissues from a T-Rex " 03/25/2005 11:35 AM

Skull Fossil Gives Clues on Species

Skull Fossil Gives Clues on Species 07/02/2004 03:16 AM
Scientists have found parts of a Homo erectus skull about a million years old in an area in Kenya where hand tools of this age are commonly found, but fossils are rare.

Fossil delays the Palm OS wristwatch PDA
again

Fossil delays the Palm OS wristwatch PDA
again 01/22/2004 03:21 AM
Plans for Fossil Inc.'s Palm OS-based smart wristwatch are back to square one, as the version that was expected to be out in the middle of last year has been shelved in favor of a less expensive and more powerful version of the watch now scheduled for release in the middle of this year, Fossil said Wednesday.

I Eat My Children's Scraps

I Eat My Children's Scraps 08/12/2004 01:03 PM
Are kids worth the lack of savings, and all the humiliation?

AOL Scraps Enterprise IM

AOL Scraps Enterprise IM 06/21/2004 02:17 PM
Just days after Yahoo pulled the plug on the enterprise version of its free instant-messaging client, AOL plans to announce that it is halting sales of its own enterprise IM offering.
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from guns to art

from guns to art 12/25/2004 11:14 PM
Peace Art Project Cambodia --turning the detrius of war into art, in hopes of a more peaceful future. More info here, and here. "You can't help but think about what this machine has done to affect so many lives." And that is really the point. These sculptures are political art at its most powerful - relics of a violent past transformed into expressions of hope for a more peaceful future.

Guns and jets

Guns and jets 03/08/2004 11:03 PM

My friend Brad, a jet pilot with heroic flying skills, graciously agreed to help me with the Commercial maneuvers and precision landings today.  We hauled N505WT out of its hangar and headed out to Worcester with the GPS turned off and the gyro-stabilized compass covered up.  Flying along at 2500' it was actually a bit tough to pick out landmarks from the VFR chart.  After 10 landings we decided it was time for some of the free cookies that they bake at the Worcester FBO (airplane gas station) so we taxied into the ramp.  The scene was one of utter desolation.  The main terminal building looked empty.  The last scheduled airline flights from Worcester ceased about one year ago.  The general aviation area contained a small collection of cheap piston-powered airplanes (like mine!).  At Bedford, N505WT's home airport, there is always at least $300 million of private jets on the ramp, waiting to take hard-working public corporation executives from golf game to weekend house.  The woman behind the desk confirmed that not a single jet had landed at Worcester all day.

As we were starting up N505WT a good-sized business jet was taxiing in.  A van drove up to meet the passengers at the side of the $10 million twin-turbojet-powered plane.  "What luxury!" we thought.  "This is the only way to travel.  They're probably just back from a resort in Mexico."  A couple of guys got out of the van and walked around the plane wearing guns.  Security for someone important!  The one passenger got out, a teenager wearing a rather plain jumpsuit.  Then we noticed that his legs were chained together...

Yet another thing that America's richest and poorest citizens share:  traveling by private jet.

Oh yes, speaking of guns.  A friend from the MIT Media Lab sent around a home video yesterday.  It seems that he has put the filmmaking skills that he learned there to good use and has made effective use of the Internet in distributing his creation.  Click right on the following link and then "Save Target As" before playing from your own hard disk in a separate player window (100 or 200% size is best): boyhood dream.

Twenty years ago people talked about Arpanet/Internet leading to an explosion in video creativity and distribution but it just wasn't practical with the available bandwidth and percentage of consumers hooked up.  Today all the pieces are in place.

Oil, guns and money

Oil, guns and money 09/02/2004 10:09 AM
What's really behind the recent redeployment of U.S. military forces? Making sure no one messes with American access to global energy resources. An excerpt from "Oil: Anatomy of an Industry."

More cellphone guns

More cellphone guns 01/26/2004 11:29 AM
I swear we covered this almost exactly a year ago, so we're not sure why it's just become news again, but Time magazine has a...

Real ray-guns

Real ray-guns 06/17/2004 11:36 AM
Following up on our previous post about the Pentagon's new Active Denial System (energy beam) and other "non-let hal" weapons, here's a New Scientist feature about the state-of-the-art in ray guns:

"...the $9000 Close Quarters Shock Rifle projects an ionised gas, or plasma, towards the target, producing a conducting channel. It will also interfere with electronic ignition systems and stop vehicles.

'We will be able to fire a stream of electricity like water out of a hose at one or many targets in a single sweep,' claims XADS (Xtreme Alternative Defense Systems) president Peter Bitar."

Amnesty International and other human rights groups are none too thrilled. Link

Staples Guns It

Staples Guns It 05/18/2004 02:49 PM
The office supplier reports a sharp quarter.

MTV guns for iTunes

MTV guns for iTunes 11/04/2003 09:23 PM
CNET Nov 4 2003 8:35PM ET

Sci-Fi Museum Is About More Than Ray
Guns

Sci-Fi Museum Is About More Than Ray
Guns 06/13/2004 04:49 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Jun 13 2004 8:05PM GMT

Gung-Ho Guns No. 10^100

Gung-Ho Guns No. 10^100 02/19/2003 07:06 PM
Heya Google. I'm about to graduate highschool and am currently looking at colleges. Now I figured video game guru that you are you might be able to help me ...

Bringing out the big guns for SOA

Bringing out the big guns for SOA 04/17/2005 10:34 AM
ZDNet Apr 17 2005 2:17PM GMT

Putin' their money where their guns are

Putin' their money where their guns are 09/14/2004 06:58 AM
Vladimir Putin, wanted, alive.
Chechen Rebels responding to the 10 million dollar bounty placed by the Russian secret services on rebel leaders Basayev and Mashkadov, have upped the ante offering 20 million dollars for the detention of "the war criminal Putin"...
This is the sort of war crimes they are referring to.

Cell Phone Guns

Cell Phone Guns 01/27/2004 05:19 PM

Press M for Murder: Cell Phones That Kill: Can you program the phone to shoot the owner if it's answered in a movie theater?

Though heavier than normal phones, the lethal ones look nearly identical. The hollowed-out devices, made in Croatia, are fired by punching buttons on the keypad and can shoot four .22-cal. bullets in rapid succession.

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Flip-flopping on guns

Flip-flopping on guns 09/13/2004 02:54 PM
George W. Bush supported the assault weapons ban before he let it expire. From the Progress Report:

Small Shooters, Big Guns

Small Shooters, Big Guns 01/27/2004 08:39 PM
Popular Mechanics Jan 28 2004 0:52AM GMT

The Mother of All Potato Guns

The Mother of All Potato Guns 06/22/2005 01:56 AM

Potato Gun Shoots Through Brick Wall: This video shows a seriously powerful potato gun. When you're shooting projectiles through brick walls, it's time to reconsider whether or not this is a hobby. Reminds me of the home-mad e flamethrower guy.

(And if you think potato guns are just fun and games, ask this guy. A potato gun, a frog, and some bad judgement left him blind.)

Big guns await FA Cup draw

Big guns await FA Cup draw 02/16/2004 05:09 AM
Arsenal and Man Utd are among the teams in Monday's FA Cup quarter-final draw.

" Why People Fear Guns"

" Why People Fear Guns" 01/04/2004 03:53 AM

LCDs + Guns = Broken LCD

LCDs + Guns = Broken LCD 09/24/2004 07:55 AM

I'm sure when most of you buy a monitor you're thinking, "Sure, it looks great, but can it withstand being pelted with tiny metal plastic balls shot from a gun?" I usually just check the "Gunfire Resistance" rating on the little placard they keep on the shelf, but some people feel like they need to go hands on. Those people also feel like they need to video tape the results, which were, by the way, pretty much what you'd expect.

Shuttle XP17 LCD Monitor - Extreme Impact Test [not5150]

Update: Airsoft rounds aren't metal? They were when they shot them at me, those bastards.

Microsoft guns for Google

Microsoft guns for Google 07/30/2004 01:58 PM
p2pnet.net Jul 30 2004 6:43PM GMT

"Americans love guns"

"Americans love guns" 01/06/2005 11:45 AM

Microsoft brings out the big guns

Microsoft brings out the big guns 11/13/2003 06:33 AM
Daily Mail & Guardian Nov 13 2003 5:41AM ET

Next Generation Stun Guns?

Next Generation Stun Guns? 06/17/2004 08:40 AM

Will Democrats give up on guns?

Will Democrats give up on guns? 04/13/2005 02:50 PM
If the South is a lost cause, the road to the White House must run through the West. Will going easy on gun control make it easier to travel?

US women to march against guns

US women to march against guns 05/09/2004 01:42 AM
The 2004 Million Mom March aims to remind George Bush of his promise to renew a ban on assault weapons.

Shooting for RFID in guns

Shooting for RFID in guns 04/15/2004 05:02 PM
Verichip announced the development of a gun safety system based on radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology. The aim is to prevent a gun from being fired by anyone other than its owner. Here's how it works: A gun is outfitted with an RFID reader. An RFID tag is implanted in the gun owner's hand. Only in the presence of that tag will the handgun allow its trigger to be unlocked. Link

IBM Guns For Bengal E-gov Plans

IBM Guns For Bengal E-gov Plans 04/09/2004 04:02 PM
Financial Express Apr 9 2004 0:05AM GMT

Learn from young guns

Learn from young guns 06/15/2002 12:22 AM
CNET Jun 14 2002 11:13PM ET

Guns, Games, and Style

Guns, Games, and Style 06/05/2005 10:59 PM

What do they have in common?

Find out in my new column for BusinessWeek Online.

Big guns line up against Microsoft

Big guns line up against Microsoft 04/07/2005 05:24 AM
ZDNet UK Apr 7 2005 9:23AM GMT

The Improved Web Kit

The Improved Web Kit 06/17/2005 02:53 PM

We've already received and committed several patches from external contributors and the repository has only been live for a few hours!

As some of you have already noticed (those of you that built), the new Web Kit not only passes Acid2, but it's also substantially faster at loading Web pages and at handling JavaScript. It contains a number of additional performance improvements that went in post-Tiger.

One question people have asked is "Does this have to replace my system frameworks?" The answer is "No." You can run this custom version of Web Kit with a particular instance of Safari without replacing your system frameworks. The run-safari script we provided does this for you. If you study what it does, you'll see that you can easily try out your own WebKit apps with the new frameworks as well. We in fact encourage you to do this so that you can make sure your apps are functioning properly with the latest WebKit.

Fossil scraps the Wrist PDA, planning new and improved version

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