(keitai-l) Re: Japan Mobile Info and wearable computing

From: Srinivas Nimmagadda <nimma_at_svwh.net>
Date: 08/24/00
Message-ID: <39A4E081.CC852C90@svwh.net>
And how about those cool finger nails that light up when her keitai rings. Does
anyone know where they sell these?

Renfield Kuroda wrote:

> I've been a wearable computer user for years: my digital watch is loaded with
> features, and ever since last year I keep my cellphone on a cool strap around my
> neck...
> It's not an issue of when. It's already happening. Walk around Shibuya and see
> how many people are wearing cell phones, md players, etc. color-coordinated to
> their fashion of the day, and packing serious computing power.
>
> r e n
>
> jeffrey funk wrote:
>
> > I have been following the wearable computing market at a distance for
> > several years and I keep wondering, do we have to buy five pairs of shoes
> > that contain a hard disk or do we just always wear the same shoes? I am not
> > an expert on fashion but wearing the same shoes everyday is not cool. Now
> > someone is probably going to say that we will have shoes and other clothes
> > that contain portals for these hard disks, buttons, and displays. This may
> > happen but it will take many years for these kinds of standards (size of
> > portals, etc.) to appear. And the first wearable computing users will not be
>
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Received on Fri Aug 25 12:39:16 2000