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On 1/24/09, Lu Abel  wrote:
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> Hey, guys, you missed it!   What Frank was describing was an iPhone!
> (doing everything else it does but phoning)
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>  And, oh, Dick Tracy's device was worn on his wrist, so that violates
> Frank's "pocket watch-sized device"
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>  Hewitt Schlereth wrote:
>  Re iThingie. I dig it. BTW: Didn't Dick Tracy have one of them thar
> then? -Hewitt
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> On 1/24/09, frankreed@historicalatlas.com
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>  Peter, you wrote:
>  "On the other hand (ho ho) I'd rather wear a watch with an analogue
> display, as a quick glance 'tells the time' quite well enough when precision
> isn't needed. A digital display needs mental interpretation, mental
> rounding, as in:
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>  "19:38:52 .. hmm .. that means its about twenty to eight". Learning as much
> from a graphical display, which is what an analogue watch-face offers, is
> much quicker, and involves no conscious effort at all."
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> I agree. Within a short period of time, common consumer watches should have
> no problem switching from one type of display to another, and I would guess
> some already do. It's merely a software problem. Watches are rapidly
> converging with tiny computers.
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>  Myself, I want a modern pocket watch --a pocket-sized device that will let
> me select an analog or a digital time display. It should allow me to set
> alarms and maybe include a planning calendar. And what the heck, let's throw
> in a web browser, high-speed Internet access, maybe GPS, music and video
> playing software, some cool games, a basic camera... and, dare I dream, the
> ability to make phone calls, too. Hey! I think I should patent this idea. I
> will call it the iThingie.
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