IP: Seiko wristwatch PC

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

Date: Wed, 08 Apr 1998 12:04:19 -0400
From: Russ Hoffman <reh () fore com>




http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/technology/story.html?s=z/reuters/9804
08/tech/stories/seiko_1.html


Seiko Instruments Says To Sell First Wristwatch PC


TOKYO (Reuters) - Seiko Instruments said today it would begin selling
wristwatch personal computers (PCs) in Japan on June 10.


It said the new product would be the world's first wearable PC.


A company statement said the watch, called the Ruputer, can download
data that includes text and pictures from other personal computers.


The wristwatch PCs will be sold with three software applications that
run on Microsoft Windows 95 operating system, it said.


Watches come equipped with a 16-bit central processing unit and 128
kilobytes of main memory, it said.


Games can be played on the products and they can exchange data with
each other via infrared signals, it said.


The company will launch two Ruputer models with retail prices of
38,000 yen and 48,000 yen, the statement said.


A company spokeswoman said it aimed to sell 100,000 of the watches in
the first year. Seiko Instruments is a group firm of watch wholesaler
Seiko.


Russ Hoffman
reh () fore com