This is not Fossil ’s first raid into wrist - technical school . There was theWrist PDA FX2008 , an arm - based authorship apparatus worthy of Fred Flintstone , and theAbacus SPOTwatches that featured an always - on connective to Bill Gate ’s weathervane . fortuitously , Fossil learned from its mistakes and is n’t repeating them . All of the new lookout are analogue time pieces , which mean that they retain a semblance of division . A small rectangular LED windowpane serves a very modified data overload map : when you receive a call on your cellphone it vibrates and flash the caller ’s ID . No more bungling for the cell while everyone smirks at the size of it of your ringtone . Press a button on the side of the vigil to charge the company straight to voicemail . About the only drawback to these Bluetooth mantrap is that you ’ll have to blame the stamp battery every so often ( they ’re saying it will last for 5 - 7 daytime of regular use ) .
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See a glamour shot of the spotter , and get a line about Fossil ’s program to publish the API online after the jump …
All of the watches are marketed to work with Sony Ericsson handsets , but can be made to link up with any phone running Symbian reading 7 through 8.1 ( and Nokia Series 60 by the end of the year ) . In an out of the blue cool move , Fossil is publishing the API online , which probably means that someone will figure out how to see to it their Lego Mindstorms NXT from the thing and devolve the watch back to its dorky essence once again .
The Fossil Caller ID watch ( center ) will run $ 250 and be usable starting in late October . The Abacus MobileWear watches ( left and right ) go for $ 200 and come out in mid - October .
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