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Wednesday June 24, 2009
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 For geeks of a certain age, a Casio calculator watch brings back strong and fond memories of long afternoons spent in the school basement, playing Dungeons and Dragons. But I hadn't seen one in real life for years before tonight, when Popular Science writer Amanda Schupak popped up at a press event sporting this elegant model, which she said she picked up on the street for a cool $18.
It turns out that calculator watches never actually went away. Casio shows 15 "databank" watches on their Web site, including several that include infrared remote controls to control TVs and DVD players. If you lose your remotes a lot, that actually sounds like a good idea, provided you're willing to look like a person who wears a calculator watch.
In an era when many people are giving up their watches for cell phones - or are trying to hack together cell phone watches - it's interesting to see a brave few buck the trend and go for watches which compute, but don't call.
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June 25, 2009 2:29 PM
I've worn various Casio Databank watches for years. I always come back to the most basic calculator watch because it hurts the wallet less when I scratch it working on a car or get paint on it. It is great always having a calculator to figure how much lumber to buy, calculate a tip, determine gas mileage, or anything else that can be done with simple math - and it doesn't require a password like my smartphone!
I've tried storing data like phone numbers and appointments in a watch, but I always go back to a PDA (now a smartphone) for that. If I had a smartphone on my wrist with a display in my glasses and a virtual keyboard, I might be happy if it was all durable enough to go swimming, hiking, and to crawl under a car.
August 1, 2009 10:11 PM
Good Post!
I personally love the watches from Casio. Actually, I got the first still works; D
Recently tried a good online store to give my brother with this clock, and I found that here with great prices: http://bit.ly/of0Jo
In addition to the watches of the Casio also have alarms and other products from them.
Well, there is the tip! Hugs!