Wednesday, March 24th, 2004
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Yes, I’m a big geek…
Posted by Thomas on 24 Mar 2004 | Tagged as: General Ramblings
If you know me, you probably know I’m a very big geek for watches. How big a geek, you say? I actually bought a Fossil Palm Watch. Take a look at the pictures. It truly does look like something a convict is forced to wear for tracking. And it eats batteries. Like, in a month. So, how often have I worn that watch? Well, only once. Probably because I have a Palm phone.
So now, I picked up one of the MSN Smart watches. I actually got a really good price for it on EBay, so I didn’t have to pay retail. That’s a little high for me, and I guess I’m just a cheapskate.
This watch is a little better, at least, going by size. What can it do? I’m glad you asked. It can actually do a few cool things, like it gets constant updates of news and weather, as well as stocks. And you can customize what data gets sent to your watch, so I can see sports for teams I care about only. You can also get instant messages from MSN Messenger sent to it, which is quite sweet. There are a few bugs, though. I’ve noticed that at least once a day, the watch seems to reboot! I guess it wouldn’t be a Microsoft product if it didn’t do that, though.
If you’re a watch junkie like I am, it’s worth it, I think.