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In principle I think it's really cool - but I stopped wearing a watch due to mobile phones having a clock.

The running thing is cool - but you still need to be carrying your phone, which I never do when I run.

The music control feature is pretty nice though, I'll pay that.

At $150 USD RRP I wouldn't buy one.

Interesting idea, but for me the novelty would wear off pretty quickly.

Not bad, but presumably the bluetooth would wear out the phone's battery pretty fast, even if the watch lasts a fair while.

How is this e-paper anyway? Other than high contrast and B&W, the screen doesn't look like e-paper at all compared to my e-reader. It looks like a very dynamic LCD which just happens to be B&W.

I was thinking the same, Nerf. BT is a battery killer.

Only times I wear a watch is when refereeing football and when hiking.

How is this e-paper anyway? Other than high contrast and B&W, the screen doesn't look like e-paper at all compared to my e-reader. It looks like a very dynamic LCD which just happens to be B&W.

yes, that is a good question. I note they seem careful to not use the term "e-ink", which is a specific product. Anyone that has used an e-ink reader will know that they probably would make crappy watch displays. The video prototype they showed looks nothing like my e-ink reader - it has smooth animation and transitions from what little I saw. So I am guessing it is either a new technology altogether, or a new variant on e-ink or something like a Pixel Qi screen maybe..?

Looks pretty cool though. Reminds me a bit of sci-fi stuff where you have sort of these small "terminals" that interface with bigger systems. So you'll have your small watch, which interfaces with your phone, which interfaces with the Internet/other PCs. It'll be cooler when further miniaturized and when we get better stuff like voice recognition and speech generation.

So it's a bit like: http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/accessories/smartwatch/ ?
I was going to get a http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SONY-ERICSSON-MBW-150-BLUETOOTH-WATCH-Music-EDITON-MBW-150-/170829615055?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item27c63d0fcf#ht_918wt_1392 but I'm not used to wearing a watch anymore.