Wrist Watch with features of Mobile Phone

In this age of rapid technological change,there is one ubiquitous item that seems not to have been touched by modern technology:the humble wrist watch.Of course,we have had a electronic watches and quartz watches in the past decade or two,but the change has not created an impact on our lifestyle.

It is not as if watches with fancy features had not been made.SEIKO had marketed a wrist watch with a television as early as in 1980’s.They did not sell well as they were clumpsy and in-elegant.But now with processors becoming more powerful and shrinking everyday,watchmakers are able to put in a lot of features into the wrist watch.

High-tech watches now come equiped with video screens,MP3 or MP4 players,PDA’s,USB ports and wireless data transmitters.Some of these watches are being manufactured by EPOQ MULTIMEDIA,a US manufacturer of multimedia products has recently launched a WINDOWS WRISTWATCH-MOBILE PHONE.

In the future,how the wristwatch fares would depend on consumer tastes.Would someone want to discard a mobile phone and use a wristwatch instead? Converting the wristwatch into a computer is a possibility that some IT labs are looking at.

We could then connect the wristwatch to a monitor anywhere and use a virtual keyboard.But for this to work,the wristwatch has to evolve much more,while also attracting larger phone and computer manufacturers.