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I had this watch about 15 years ago. Among other things I could track: 0. Where my next class is going to be 1. Store the bus schedule to the bus stops I used
by WithinReason 3y ago
I had this watch about 15 years ago. Among other things I could track:
0. Where my next class is going to be
1. Store the bus schedule to the bus stops I used
2. The phase of the moon
Checking the bus schedule on your watch before smartphones looked like a James Bond move :)
I wish they still made watches like this, at this power consumption you could keep your watch charged from solar power indefinitely
- FirmwareBurner 3y ago>I had this watch about 15 years ago.[...]Checking the bus schedule on your watch before smartphones looked like a James Bond move :) To be fair, the first iPhone was launched 16 years ago, and smartphones that could store a bust schedule have been around even before the first iPhone. I would store the bus schedule as an SMS draft on my Siemens phone over 20 years ago.
- warning26 3y agoThe James-Bond-like part is doing it from your watch specifically. (Consider the various wrist-gadgets found in the movies over the years.)
- FirmwareBurner 3y agoCasio Databank watches had that functionality in the early 90s I think (without the USB/IR PC link). Not that James Bond for the year 2000.
- stenius 3y agowow, I can't believe the iphone is 16 years old. I also had this watch and it came well before it. Maybe 2002?
- OhMeadhbh 3y agoMy Treo could hold quite a few bus schedules (the Caltrain schedule, too!). And it had a very crappy web browser (by today's standards) that worked "okay" for mostly text pages. Jeff Hawkins even used it to buy a book from Amazon as a test. I think my point is pre-iPhone phones weren't completely crappy. I still sort of miss the danger hiptops.