Fossil Adds Bluetooth, Style To Techie Watches
- September 28th, 2006
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Truthfully, before we knew the details on these three beauties, I couldn’t think of an immediate reason to add Bluetooth to a standard watch. And then Richard Ozerman chimed in with “caller ID.” Sure enough, that’s what it was. All three of these watches–one branded with the Fossil name, the other two are under the Abacus brand–have built-in Bluetooth that connects with your cell phone to not only allow you to see who’s calling, but let you mute/reject the call as well. Also, when a voicemail or text message comes in, an icon of an envelope appears on the watch’s OLED screen accompanied by a slight vibration.
This is being done through a partnership with Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, so if you’ve got an SE phone, chances are good the watch will connect to your handset. The Fossil version is priced at an MSRP of $250 and will be available in late October, while the two Abacus styles will sell for $200 and are expected in mid-October.
webonics (Who am I?)
1 year ago
Fossil has definitely been a forerunner to adding tech capabilities to its watch lines. I’m glad that they are limiting the functionality a bit to keep the timepiece practical. Some of their first “new-age” watches that ran the Palm O/S were like a brick on your wrist.
But, I don’t know what kind of market appeal this will have…yet. Someday, though, I can imagine seeing video stream of the caller or content on the watch screen connected to a bluetooth earpiece for verbal communication and a mini-webcam built-in. “…Kirk to Enterprise…”
nat (Who am I?)
1 year ago
ummm… where are the ladies watches? i would be able to leave my Treo in my purse for the rest of my life with this thing and a bluetooth headset!