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NatCh · 12-20-2007, 11:08 AM

Your current watch can change its face?

Yeah, it's mostly bragware, but it's really cool bragware!

stustaff · 12-20-2007, 01:36 PM

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Originally Posted by NatCh

Your current watch can change its face?

Yeah, it's mostly bragware, but it's really cool bragware!

No but I have 2 watches one white one black

and that still cost less that the e-ink watch.

The screen thing is cool but they seemed to have missed the point, why not have it show other stuff like the date? or world times? etc

NatCh · 12-20-2007, 01:43 PM

Or not having physical "hands" at all? That's where I think they missed a bet. Think how much thinner it could be without the hands, or the gears! Probably run forever on a battery too.

Now that's what I call a Time Machine!

DaleDe · 12-20-2007, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by NatCh

Or not having physical "hands" at all? That's where I think they missed a bet. Think how much thinner it could be without the hands, or the gears! Probably run forever on a battery too.

Now that's what I call a Time Machine!

without the physical hands the whole thing is lost. It is the customization of the number display that makes the watch. Besides the hands provide two time zone capability that some watches may not have. I am surprised that the hands don't glow in the dark, given the name of the company and the need to see a watch in the dark.

Dale

NatCh · 12-20-2007, 04:29 PM

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Originally Posted by DaleDe

without the physical hands the whole thing is lost. It is the customization of the number display that makes the watch. Besides the hands provide two time zone capability that some watches may not have.

I don't see that any of that is necessarily incompatible with the hands being e-ink generated.

It is a bit baffling to me that they didn't make the hands luminous, since they went to the trouble to put them on there and everything.

Covak · 12-20-2007, 11:51 PM

Cool idea, but that looks like a pointless design to me :/ I'd go for just a little rectangle that simply shows "HH:MM" in a nice, pretty font (unlike what any regular old digital watch can do). Especially if it was compact and light weight... maybe the display could be flexible and just meshed right into the strap... yeah...

Just4Fun · 12-21-2007, 01:34 AM

I wish eink readers had the nice crisp white background that this watch seems to have.

UncleDuke · 12-21-2007, 11:10 AM

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Originally Posted by Just4Fun

I wish eink readers had the nice crisp white background that this watch seems to have.

the magic of photoshop.

i've spent 250 and gotten a lot less, there was that night in london but that is another story and she said she wouldn't tell

maybe with a good hack it could also display books, reflow in a circular screen

HeffeD · 12-22-2007, 10:54 PM

I don't mind the looks. I'm guess maybe I'm a simplistic fan.

How do we know the hands aren't luminescent? I haven't seen anything that says they aren't, and with a name like Phosphor, it would be a bit odd if there wasn't some phosphorescence going on somewhere...

Unless perhaps the marketing department is confused between phosphorescence and electrophorescence? (or maybe I'm the one confused...)

gbombadil · 12-25-2007, 04:34 PM

I was thinking that a very tasty thing for this gadget could be the possibility to create your own skins and upload them to the watch

hogleg · 12-25-2007, 08:35 PM

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Originally Posted by gbombadil

I was thinking that a very tasty thing for this gadget could be the possibility to create your own skins and upload them to the watch

right on. If I could draw my own watch faces, Id be all over it.

chef · 07-30-2008, 02:44 PM

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Originally Posted by stustaff

No but I have 2 watches one white one black

and that still cost less that the e-ink watch.

The screen thing is cool but they seemed to have missed the point, why not have it show other stuff like the date? or world times? etc

The display in the middle can be changed from showing the digital time to showing the month and day.

Dylrob · 07-30-2008, 05:30 PM

Ah, not quite the eInk watch I was expecting. Personally I'm intrigued by the more exotic designs such as what SEIKO has shown off.

RickyMaveety · 07-30-2008, 05:53 PM

For $250 I would hope that you would be able to change the font style for the numbers, change the style of the hands (and have the hands be eink as well, of course). However, I assume that having the hands be eink would mean that it would need to refresh too often, so that the battery would run down too quickly.

But, just being able to go from black on white to white on black, and change a little part of the display ... not worth the money to me. There are too many great watches out there that are half the price and do so much more while looking better. My current watch gives me the weather report, tells me my altitude, is a stop watch, an alarm clock, and keeps time for me in two time zones.

I suppose it would be brag-ware if it was something to brag about. But, I guess I just don't see spending money on something that doesn't do much in the way of improving on the original device it's patterned after as something to brag about.

12-25-2007, 04:34 PM	#25
gbombadil Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Santiago, Chile Device: PRS-505	What could be good I was thinking that a very tasty thing for this gadget could be the possibility to create your own skins and upload them to the watch

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12-20-2007, 11:08 AM	#16
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Your current watch can change its face? Yeah, it's mostly bragware, but it's really cool bragware!

12-20-2007, 01:43 PM	#18
NatCh Gizmologist Posts: 11,615 Karma: 929550 Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Republic of Texas Embassy at Jackson, TN Device: Pocketbook Touch HD3	Or not having physical "hands" at all? That's where I think they missed a bet. Think how much thinner it could be without the hands, or the gears! Probably run forever on a battery too. Now that's what I call a Time Machine!

12-20-2007, 11:51 PM	#21
Covak Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: PRS-505	Cool idea, but that looks like a pointless design to me :/ I'd go for just a little rectangle that simply shows "HH:MM" in a nice, pretty font (unlike what any regular old digital watch can do). Especially if it was compact and light weight... maybe the display could be flexible and just meshed right into the strap... yeah...

12-21-2007, 01:34 AM	#22
Just4Fun Enthusiast Posts: 40 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Amazon Kindle/iphone/ipad/Pocket Entourage/MacBook/Windows	I wish eink readers had the nice crisp white background that this watch seems to have.

12-22-2007, 10:54 PM	#24
HeffeD Enthusiast Posts: 35 Karma: 270 Join Date: Feb 2007 Device: Palm Z22	I don't mind the looks. I'm guess maybe I'm a simplistic fan. How do we know the hands aren't luminescent? I haven't seen anything that says they aren't, and with a name like Phosphor, it would be a bit odd if there wasn't some phosphorescence going on somewhere... Unless perhaps the marketing department is confused between phosphorescence and electrophorescence? (or maybe I'm the one confused...)

07-30-2008, 05:30 PM	#28
Dylrob Murderous Mustela Posts: 10,234 Karma: 48000000 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: The other land of schnitzel and beer Device: iPad M1 Pro, Kindle Paperwhite	Ah, not quite the eInk watch I was expecting. Personally I'm intrigued by the more exotic designs such as what SEIKO has shown off.

07-30-2008, 05:53 PM	#29
RickyMaveety Holy S**T!!! Posts: 5,213 Karma: 108401 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: San Diego, California!! Device: Kindle and iPad	For $250 I would hope that you would be able to change the font style for the numbers, change the style of the hands (and have the hands be eink as well, of course). However, I assume that having the hands be eink would mean that it would need to refresh too often, so that the battery would run down too quickly. But, just being able to go from black on white to white on black, and change a little part of the display ... not worth the money to me. There are too many great watches out there that are half the price and do so much more while looking better. My current watch gives me the weather report, tells me my altitude, is a stop watch, an alarm clock, and keeps time for me in two time zones. I suppose it would be brag-ware if it was something to brag about. But, I guess I just don't see spending money on something that doesn't do much in the way of improving on the original device it's patterned after as something to brag about.