We recently received a Ballistic Cyclone watch to review from the guys over at Watches Shop to see if it was any good and what it's all about.
In the email asking if we would do the review a comment was made saying... "Ballistic watches are unlike any other wrist watch available on the market - they are the strongest, toughest and most durable watches available in the world."
The watch it's self is built well and has a heavy feel to it. It is covered in gold plating and although not to my taste it still is done very well. On the right side of the watch, three buttons can be found. The top one is used to start the stop watch where a large red second hand ticks around when starting it. The same button also stops the stop watch. The bottom button is used to reset the second hand returning it back to zero. The middle button is used to set the time and has 3 positions that allow you to set the time and calibrate the second hand to zero after changing a battery. [click to continue…]
Over the last year or so we have seen more and more augmented reality applications that attempt to merge real and virtual worlds together. The latest augmented reality app is one that allows you to try on a watch.
The system works by printing out a paper watch with a "T" marking on it. When the 82MB application is downloaded and loaded up you simply wear the T marked paper watch and wave it in front of your webcam. You then just need to select the watch you want to virtually try on and it appears on your wrist.
The application is compatible with Windows and Mac and is available for download now over at Tissot. [click to continue…]
The Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) have finally announced that Bluetooth 4.0 is ready to roll. The press release indicated that the new spec will be brought to market by the end of this quarter which gives them little over 2 months to get things together. This doesn't mean devices will be ready by that time though, but that they can start building devices with the standard.
The new Bluetooth 4.0 technology steps right past 3.0 and improves energy efficiency allowing it to be a more desirable option in mobile devices.
"Bluetooth v4.0 throws open the doors to a host of new markets for Bluetooth manufacturers and products such as watches, remote controls, and a variety of medical and in-home sensors. Many of these products run on button-cell batteries that must last for years versus hours and will also benefit from the longer range enabled by this new version of the Bluetooth specification," said Michael Foley, Ph.D., executive director of the Bluetooth SIG.
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by Paul on October 2, 2009
TokyoFlash are re-releasing the Casio DataBank watch for a limited time. Described by the guys over there as "A true classic brought back to life", the watch, as the previous versions did, allows you to store telephone numbers on it, perform calculations and wake yourself up with 5 programmable alarms.
The new upgraded style version comes in amber, ultra pink, natural green and aqua blue. Technical wise it has 13 languages built in allowing you to operate the watch in English, Portuguese, Spanish, French, Dutch, Danish, German, Italian, Swedish, Polish, Rumanian, Turkish and Russian. [click to continue…]
T3 recently put together a video showing the latest waterproof gadgets on offer. As you'll see in the video, we've come a long way since the days of our waterproof and splashproof calculator watches. These days you can pick up waterproof digital cameras, MP3 players and mobile phones as well as a number of slim waterproof cases for iPods and the likes. T3 reviewed 6 gadgets which include the Pentax W80 stills camera, Aquabeat MP3 Player, Samsung Solid Extreme mobile phone as well as a wetsuit with built in central heating, a sea-doo jet ski that can brake 2 times quicker than any other Jet Ski on the market and the Sanyo Xacti CA9 camcorder. [click to continue…]
This ace 8-bit superhero fridge magnet set allows you to build any superhero you want on the front of your fridge. Included in the set are some 1400 pixel magnets that measure half an inch in size.
2 patterns are included in the set that allow you to build for a large or small sized fridge. As it's a kit of many pieces you are not just restricted to the 2 patterns included. Just let your mind make what ever you want from Donkey Kong to Mario or maybe even Zelda. These are quite possibly the best kitchen gadgets available known to man. [click to continue…]
Phosphor have created a nice looking watch that doesn't use the traditional LED or LCD screen that we find in most digital watches. Instead they have used E-Ink to display the time on the face of the watch. [click to continue…]
Most bizarre watches tend to come from the company named TokyoFlash. That company sell a bunch of watches that require an expert intelligence to decipher the time as their watches usually tell the time in binary or some other unique way. [click to continue…]
Orange have announced that they will be the first operator in Europe who will offer the LG910 Touch Watch Phone. [click to continue…]
As soon as you see the name TokyoFlash you probably think crazy watches... this time it's a crazy clock that has been created although it's not that crazy and looks very cool. The Blue LED Mesh Clock is the name of it... more after the jump. [click to continue…]
This watch looks simply amazing. It is named the Astrolabe Watch and was designed after the original Astrolabe from many many years ago. The original Astrolabe was created back in 160BC and was used for something along the lines of calculating where stars and the sun is by using mathematics. This watch version is a slimmed down version of this device. [click to continue…]
The first watch today is a cool looking Electronic Paper Watch. This one is a concept watch that is designed to look good and be very slim. [click to continue…]