E-books on a watch: A timely Palm OS PDA from Abacus
“With the Abacus WristPDA you can read eBooks…provided you set the reader to use a BIG font…” - The Inquirer on the Abacus WristPDA.
The TeleRead take: And here you thought that e-books on an iPod would make you blind.
Related: the Seiko E Ink watch and the Nokia 888 slap bracelet.
Correction, 2:03 p.m.: The $8.95 mentioned is for the watch cover, not the actual price of the watch. Alas, PC Mag had the info wrong. Thanks for the catch, Andre and Wes!
April 30th, 2006 at 1:30 pm
Truly a steal at $8.95, were it so. PC Mag’s “Buy It Here” Amazon links actually map to screen protectors for the watch, not the watch itself, which is $79.99 on Amazon. Too bad. At $9, I could overlook the dork factor and just buy it as a novelty.
April 30th, 2006 at 1:38 pm
That $8.95 is for a screen protector and not the watch itself…
April 30th, 2006 at 2:13 pm
PC Mag review is here, complete with the faulty info.
Yes, the price is indeed $79.99 from Amazon.
Thanks, folks, for the correction. This is a great example of how MSM mistakes can surface not just through the usual blog posts but also through the comment sections of blogs. I remain grateful for my thousands of potential editors–my readers! I encourage people to speak up about mistakes.
David
April 30th, 2006 at 3:21 pm
Wow, it’s actually cheaper from Amazon UK - only £38.49 ($70.29). I’m curious as to whether there are any utilities available for the Wrist PDA that let you use it as a “universal remote”, which would make it a viable replacement for my ageing Casio CMD-40.