Looking for a unique gift for one of those people who have “everything?” These watches from Phosphor bring the same E INK technology used on the Kindle eReader to your wrist.  These digital watches feature a unique curved ergonomic design, and changeable watch dials only possible with E INK display.

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Just this week I was catching up on some DVRed television.  One of the shows I was watching featured a flash-forward, where the characters lives were examined in the future.  One of the technological advances highlighted in the episode was cell phone chips that were implanted in to people’s inner ear.  I found it somewhat amusing, but I am now wondering if it might not be too far off.

At CITA last week, Kempler and Strauss featured a watch cell phone which almost looks functional.  I’ve seen a few watch phones and while they seem cool they just don’t seem all that functional.  The K&S version features a video and still camera, text messaging, an Mp3 player,  a phone and more.  It’s “sweat” proof not water proof, which means you can’t swim with it.  The device uses a external Bluetooth to make calling easier as well.

The watch, which operates on the GSM network is available for $199 here.

Check out the video demo.

Via Mashable.

A couple of months ago, I was given a box containing a treasure like no other. Inside were the remains of two pocket watches; both were in terrible shape, and both were obviously old. Since they came from my uncle’s widow, I knew that they were somehow related to my family, but there was no further information.

One of these pocket watches would yield a most amazing discovery, the other is still a mystery.

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“You never really own a Patek Philippe, you merely take care of it for the next generation,” or so we are meant to believe.  Rubbish!  Buy one for yourself and if you are lucky enough to have a son who understands and appreciates it, you can then not concern yourself to its whereabouts beyond your earthly presence.

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Straight from Tokyo meet the latest fashion trend – the “Pimp” watch. Unconcerned that it’s nearly impossible to tell time from these (proving that it’s all about looks – even in the watch world) manufacturer Tokyo Flash has done away with those annoying watch hands in favor of using LED’s for visual effect. Every few minutes between 6pm and 1am (prime Pimp time?) the LED’s flicker to create a fashion statement. And no pimpy materials go into this watch. It’s all high quality stainless steel, leather and mineral glass faces.

Gemini Sonic

Think Geek has this Wi-Fi detecting watch on sale for only $9.99 (normally $24.99). It’s not a bad price for anyone constantly on the lookout for a Wi-Fi connection. Unfortunately it doesn’t display whether the connection is open or closed and you have to push a button to get a signal readout. If you work in a large corporation, pick one of these up for the IT guy. pair it up with a Wi-Fi detector t-shirt and I guarantee you’ll suddenly be his new best friend — and next in line for a workstation upgrade!

Link: Wi-Fi Watch via FW

I wasn’t going to post on this until in landed in my inbox, and lo and behold it was there this afternoon. Even though I have seen this bauble on other sites and thought for half a second about how cool it might be to have a wristwatch that was not only a phone, but was also a Windows Mobile device…reality set in. Do I think this is a cool idea? Oh, absolutely. Do I think it is necessarily a good one? Not so much. Can I imagine really trying to do anything serious that would take advantage of WM5 on a screen this tiny? Oh heck no. Would I like to try one? Heck ya!

Say hello to the EGP-98B, the new Wristwatch phone which also sports Windows Mobile 5. There is so much stuff supposedly contained in this wristwatch that I kept looking for the April Fool’s label at the end of the press release, but evidently it’s for real – and you can buy your own for just $629.95. No foolin’.

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This review has been a struggle to write. Not because of a problem with the product so much, but because of my irregular sleep patterns and my less than regular schedule. Let me start by giving you an overview of how my typical day goes…never mind, I have no typical days.

Instead of a routine of “up at 7 and to bed by 11″, I go to bed anywhere from 10pm to 4am – depending upon whether I need to get up early the next morning, or whether I am using the quiet late hours to work on a particular review. I might get up at 6:30am when I have an early appointment, or I may sleep in until 1pm if I don’t have to be anywhere until later in the day. This is, of course, when I am not suffering from insomnia. On those nights, it isn’t unheard of for me to stay up all night, all of the following day, and then I’ll crash early the following night.

It took a while for me to accept that what was normal for me wasn’t necessarily normal for others, and it has taken me even longer to acclimate those close to me to my weird sleep habits. But that doesn’t mean that there aren’t days – even weeks – where I need to keep a somewhat “normal” schedule, getting to bed at a decent time – and even harder, getting up at a set time.

On some of these days where I might sleep for a solid 8 hours, but when the alarm clock goes off I’ll wake up groggy, feeling unrested and as if I was only asleep for a few moments. Then there are other days where I might only catch a few hours sleep, but I’ll be wide awake when the alarm clock goes off – able to leave my bed refreshed and ready for whatever.

I have never paid much attention to the science of sleep, so other than knowing that REM was a band, and that the acronym stood for “Rapid Eye Movement“, and that this was a sleep stage mentioned in the book Firestarter…well, you get the idea. I was pretty ignorant about sleep stages.

So here is the quick version explaining how the process works:

When you sleep, your body goes through a series of sleep cycles. The average adult experiences 4-5 full sleep cycles over an 8-hour period. Each cycle lasts about 90-110 minutes and comprises five different stages, as illustrated by this chart.

No two people have the same sleep cycles, and nobody has the same cycle twice. Many factors can influence sleep cycles, including diet, exercise, medications, drugs or alcohol, stress, sleep disorders, and sleep deprivation. Age and gender can play a role, too: women tend to sleep more soundly than men, and as we age, we sleep more restlessly.

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We’ve all seen watches that can play MP3s before, heck – I’ve reviewed two of them, and both could even serve as voice recorders. Well, today we are going to take a look at the MP4 Watch, which is the first watch I’ve tried that can not only play MP3s and record voice memos, it can also display photos and replay movies. Pretty crazy, right? Are movies on your wrist something you’ve always dreamed of? Or something that you’ve never really thought about, but the idea of being able to intrigues you just a little bit? Or maybe you are looking for a way to streamline your gear, thinking why carry a portable A/V device when you can consolidate it with your watch and wear it on your wrist?

Well then, read on…

The movie Ice Age as seen on the MP4 Watch’s 128×128 screen

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Q. Hi Judie,

I hope that this e-mail will reach you personally. Since you left the Gadgeteer end of September I didn’t have a valid e-mail address anymore. Fortunately you sent me the LinkedIn invitation and then a follow-up�with your amended profile. So I found your website and contact address.

The reason I am contacting you is that I am at a cross road� and I would need some advise and/or help. A year ago I was�in a similar situation. Business�just started about 12 months earlier and the result was discouraging, while I was trying different avenues, such as the Internet, Watch Retail Trade,�specific and special approaches like Hospitals, Retirement Centers, etc. I also did some consumer advertising in Life Style magazines and in AARP. Nothing worked, except there was some potential hope for the Internet.

So I decided to ditch practically everything and to concentrate only on the Internet. I redesigned�my website and hired a company to do some SEO. That helped for a while but when I requested to put the bars higher I had the feeling that was it for this company. So I found another one who helped and�I started to do some advertising and the result improved quite a lot. Then I had the lucky strike with you guys at the Gadgeteer. In fact I still get a lot of leads and sales from this review.

Now I feel again that I need additional help if I want to reach my goal for the year.

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