Finnishly Styled ‘Wearfone’ Is Another GSM Phone Watch: Low Blips On The Dork Radar

From Finland comes the Wearfone, a GSM based watch phone, that is more than a concept. This production ready (with pricing) watch with built in phone paves a new direction for watch phones everywhere. Last week I talked about Chinese watch phones that follow a similar principle here. While the Chinese watches are designed with [...]

Chinese Cell Phone Wrist Watches For US, Cool Enough I Don’t Care If They Work Well

“Support incoming calls with big head sticker…” “Support incoming call vibration…” “Personality design and delicate craftsmanship, having flown line figure.” These are some humorously translated and hefty promises for these quirky Chinese made phones that will operate on some US GSM phone carriers. All you need to do it place in your SIM card and [...]

New Linde Werdelin Sea Instrument: Luxury Computer Diving Instrument

As if the existing range of diving computers was not enough, Linde Werdelin felt it necessary to expand their “Instrument” lineup with the Sea Instrument to compliment the Land Instrument. Sounds reasonable enough. If you recall, the Linde Werdelin Land Instrument (discussed here) is a high-end computer that sits on your wrist either in a [...]

Tag Heuer Meridiist Mobile Phone Is Official: Costs More Than Your Tag Watch, Watch Out Vertu

This could be an answer to a question the market did not ask, or it could be a great device that is (economically) ahead of its time. When Vertu came out with their ultra-high end phones, the mobile phone enthusiast world scoffed. A) why pay so much money for a phone that is going [...]

Suunto Core Line Is Anything But Middlestream Wrist Computer

Last year Sunnto released the Core series of watches, attempting to merge style with Sunnto’s almost legendary mixture of features and functions in what they call “wristop computers.” The Core line does a great job of combining the functions that Suunto is known for. You get an altimeter (measuring altitude), barometer (barometric pressure for weather [...]

Very Rare Linde Werdelin Land Instrument Available On eBay Now; Awesome Data Tool

Back in December I raved about the very well-done Linde Werdelin Land Instrument. The curious watch computer was more than a futuristic digital module on your wrist. It was a senor laden array of features and important data. British Linde Werdelin created the Land Instrument to fit on top of its existing watch line, literally. [...]

Linde Werdelin Land Instrument Watch: Personal Sensorship

Recently, ablogtoread.com covered the Nokia Eco Sensor Concept, a conceptual device brimming with sensors, connectivity and functionality. The highlight of the Nokia Eco Sensor was it’s ability to monitor one’s surroundings and convert that information into something relevant to the wearer’s health (i.e. “warning high levels of carbon dioxide detected!”). The Nokia Eco Sensor though [...]

YES Watches Offer Celestial Time Telling At A Glance

I must say that the first time I saw the YES watch, I was confused and did not know what to make of it. I read the long list of features it had and all the information it was able to provide and was instantly perplexed. I certainly believed all the promised information was there, [...]