Fossil Introduces Caller ID Watches
Everyone’s been there. No matter how vigilant you are, sometimes your cell rings while you’re driving and you have to fumble around to answer it, endangering everyone around you. The person on the other end could be your doctor with bad news, your significant other with good news or the last person on earth you want to talk to. Enter Fossil’s new Caller ID Wristwatch.
Using Bluetooth technology, the watch vibrates and rings when you get a cell phone call and displays the name and number of the caller. You can push one button to send an unwanted call to voice mail, but it will not broadcast the call itself. If you actually want to talk to John Smith, you'll have to fish out that celly anyway. We still think this is cool because it will come in handy in areas that have banned talking on cell phones while driving, and the looks aren’t half-bad. Reports are the watch will go almost a week without recharging and works with all Sony Ericsson and other specific Bluetooth-enabled phones. The cost for such convenience is $250, and you’ll be able to get your wrist on one — or is that one on your wrist? — in late October.
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What a stupid product. Just more proof that the American public will buy anything.
It rings when you get a call? I'm annoyed by it already.
This isn't proof that Americans will buy anything. It's proof that we'll make anything. Watches have been made with internal PDAs, TVs, MP3 players etc. and none of them have caught on because people don't want ugly accessories with inferior electronics. This one might not be so bad however; it can display phone numbers as well as anything else. It's just too expensive.
Perhaps luxury cars that already have Bluetooth interfaces and HUDs could integrate the two and display caller info on the windshield. That would be an interesting distraction.
For $250. I could get a Motorola Bluetooth Car kit for less, I could also get a Motorola H700 Headset for around $50 on ebay, plus a cell phone holder for up to $200 instead of getting a watch which I still need to get my hand off the wheel to the phone to answer.
Dumb product, period.
well the headset doesn't tell you who's calling unless they're in your voice dial. But yes, you'd think a good headset would do the trick. Although I bet there are some folks that think wearing those all the time is kind of dorky. Not me of course. just some people MIGHT think that.
This is a amazing product but it will still be a distraction. You still got to take your eye's off the road.
The bad thing is having to push a button for it to work. If you got the watch in one wrist and you got to use the other hand to push a button, plus you've got to look at what you are pressing then " who's driving the car ".
Looks worse then it is....
Dear Dave,
What is the difference between moving your eyes from the road to the watch in order to check who is calling, and moving your eyes from the road to the cell phone's display while it is mounted on the dashboard to see who is calling?
All I need is a phone capable to announce who and/or what number is the caller calling from. I have previously owned a Motorola e815, and it has such function. :)