Fossil Adds Bluetooth, Style To Techie Watches

by Josh Goldman on September 28, 2006

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.

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Abacus

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webonics - September 28th, 2006 at 6:46 am GMT+5

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…”

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nat - September 28th, 2006 at 5:43 pm GMT+5

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!

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