Computerized Multi-Function Watches

In the past, it used to be that wristwatches are the only handheld gadgets that innovators can fashion into something small and technologically advanced. Attempts had been made: wristwatches that feature TV shows on its small screen, toy wristwatches, and watches that have radio capability, and watches that feature an organizer. But that was long in the past.

Nowadays the ubiquity of cellular phones and the availability of PDA as better option had fated watches to be the consumers’ least expectation to be technologically advanced. Both options can offer greater capacity, bigger screen, with a number of operational buttons. Watches, on the other hand, has necessitate of a primary function, a timepiece one can wear or carry comfortably.

Many innovations are made on wristwatches anyhow, but most of it goes unnoticed or disregarded in favor of the better options. A businessman can wear computerized multi-function watches, yet for most of his organizing (and sometimes personal alarms) are through his other devices like his PDA. An individual may have gaming capable wristwatch yet he chooses to play on his mobile phone which also offers gaming capability. That’s why the newest trend of computerized multi-function watches offer innovations that are decidedly off mainstream and highly specialized.

Like the Sunto G6 Golf Wristwatch Computer. In fact, the Sunto computerized multi-function watches is an awesome complementary for golf, and an example of a computerized multi-function watches that caters to golf. The wristwatch keeps track of data like the tempo, rhythm, backswing, length and speed of your shot with its acceleration sensors. It also has a game organizer where it keeps track of handicap and scores and provides in-depth analysis of the game at every end of the round.

With the arrival of nanotech in industry, computerized multi-function watches become once again novelty features. The biggest disadvantage of watches was, as stated earlier, is it’s necessitate of being small. ICs on nanoscale did, however, alleviated that problem. Last couple of years, there were numerous attempts to make computerized multi-function watches –that is a “computer” contained on a wristwatch, by several leading watch manufacturers. There is already the Seiko Ruputer and the Matsucom onHand, two of the best computerized multi-function watches in the market today.

The most promising computerized multi-function watches is from the partnership of IBM and Citizen Watch. Called the WatchPad, it runs on a Linux OS, having a 74 MHz, 32-bit ARM Processor; an 8 MB of DRAM and a 16MB of flash memory; plus speaker and microphone. This computerized multi-function watches has QVGA liquid crystal display screen, fingerprint recognition security, and an innovative hand sensor that read hand movements as method of input. All these features are on a wristwatch device that measure 2.5x1.8x0.6 inches and weighing 1.5 ounces. For something that small, its heavily feature loaded.