Technology Watch
My mother gave me a beautiful vest for Christmas a couple years back. Since it's cut in a ninteenth-century style, it has a pair of watch pockets, of course. They're not big enough for my Hiptop, but would probably fit a small cellphone just fine.
That observation got me fantasizing about a merging of the two--in particular, of a cellphone disguised as a pocket watch. Small clamshell phones are already similar in form factor to a covered watch. The numbers on the face could double as a numeric keypad, with the display on the inside of the cover....
This in turn got me wondering whether someone had already done it. A few Google searches didn't turn up much. Apparently, except for Nokia's deco-influenced phones, there doesn't seem to be much that strives for a feel other than 'shiny futuristic.'
However, my search did reveal that Samsung is selling a gorgeous pocket watch music player that tells time with an LCD image of an analog watch face. Sapphire faceplate, platinum plating, frickin' diamond-decorated face. Jeez! Also it supports Ogg Vorbis.
It's selling for the eqivalent of about US$900, and is, of course, not available outside of Asia.
On the other hand, Asian electronics being Asian electronics, there's already a knockoff