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09-05-2006, 05:04 PM
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#1 | | Small-time developer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 121
 | Does anybody have a Fossil Abacus Wrist PDA?
Just wondering if I was the only one on this huge website that has one of these nifty watch PDAs. Somebody else has to have one. The only other real resource is a yahoo groups site but the message board format and lack of members is annoying. Somebody...anybody....
ixle
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The long path : Palm m100, Clie SJ20, Clie SJ30, Clie UX-50, Treo 680*, Foleo*, Palm Pre*.
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09-05-2006, 07:34 PM
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#2 | | I'm stuck on the source
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Houston
Posts: 7,103
| I have one 
Don't use it much. It's cool, but not very useful... 
Mostly because of difficult text input.
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Sony Clie N760c -> Sony Clie TG-50 -> Treo 600 -> Sony Clie NX80, Fossil wrist PDA-> Sony Clie UX50 -> Sony CLIE VZ90 -> TG50, iPod 5.5 Gen -> Sony CLIE UX50, Sony PEGA-EB40 -> Sony CLIE PEG-TH55/E1, Samsung A900 (Blade) -> HTC Touch -> Palm Pre -> HTC Hero, Apple MacBook -> HTC Evo ->Nexus S 4G, Apple MacBook Pro
I like iSpin, it's my favorite launcher!!
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09-05-2006, 09:35 PM
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#3 | | Small-time developer
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 121
| I agree that its not much use. Its too bulky, text is a pain, battery sucks worse than the UX-50. But I was hoping to get some kind of movement going to bring the yahoo groups WristPDA group onto this site. With the expertise we have on the UX board modifing the Wrist PDA might progress better. I posted on the yahoo groups site today about moving over here but haven't had any takers yet.
There are mods out there but trying to keep up with the posts on yahoo is difficult.
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The long path : Palm m100, Clie SJ20, Clie SJ30, Clie UX-50, Treo 680*, Foleo*, Palm Pre*.
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09-05-2006, 09:54 PM
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#4 | | Software engineer/hacker
Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Silicon Valley, CA
Posts: 5,061
| i have one
__________________ Annoying me is NOT an approved way of encouraging me to produce software My software:PowerSDHC, PowerDrive, nuRom, UDMH, warpSpeed, PowerDiGi, brightnessFix, etc... Get it all here:http://www.PalmPowerups.com | |
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09-06-2006, 08:57 AM
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#5 | | Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 1
| I have one too. Since my purse (and thus my Palm IIIxe) are not always handy, it's nice to have the Abacus always with me. I agree that entering text sucks...but I can do that on the IIIxe, and beam it to the watch. The battery sucks too...and the beeper is way too quiet. Even though I have some hardware background (I'm a radio amateur and have kit-built some equipment for the hobby) the idea of going into something that small and modding it is a little daunting.
Ixle--most of the folks on that Yahoogroup aren't very clued; I'm considering leaving it altogther.
Just being able to be one of the people in the third frame of this comic makes it all worthwhile...:-) 
Last edited by MaggieL : 09-06-2006 at 09:00 AM.
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09-12-2006, 05:16 PM
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#6 | | zinzan
Join Date: Apr 2006
Posts: 9
| I have one too... used it religiously for a few months but have gone back to carrying pda now.. battery life just wasn't up it.
I followed the yahoo group for a while, but got fed up with all the star trek watch face postings.. sorry!
The work on the increased battery was and is of interest, but it seems like some of those that have better batteries are reluctant to share out the info..
Last edited by zinzan : 09-12-2006 at 05:32 PM.
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09-13-2006, 02:39 PM
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#7 | | Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,853
| I have used one along my T3...but Treo cured me of that for now...but I have a new gadget replacement battery for it... | |
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09-13-2006, 09:39 PM
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#8 | | I'm stuck on the source
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Houston
Posts: 7,103
| I wish it had better battery life (and wasn't so big!!!!)...
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Sony Clie N760c -> Sony Clie TG-50 -> Treo 600 -> Sony Clie NX80, Fossil wrist PDA-> Sony Clie UX50 -> Sony CLIE VZ90 -> TG50, iPod 5.5 Gen -> Sony CLIE UX50, Sony PEGA-EB40 -> Sony CLIE PEG-TH55/E1, Samsung A900 (Blade) -> HTC Touch -> Palm Pre -> HTC Hero, Apple MacBook -> HTC Evo ->Nexus S 4G, Apple MacBook Pro
I like iSpin, it's my favorite launcher!!
I am the 2nd top 1src poster!!
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09-14-2006, 09:56 AM
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#9 | | Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,853
| As for the first, I currently play around with a replacement battery... | |
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09-19-2006, 05:01 AM
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#10 | | linux addicted
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hannover/ germany
Posts: 74
| OK forum 1001 I join :-)
I have one (4 to be honest), too. I find it the most usefull PDA (to me), because all others are a extra thing to carry around. You can't putt the in the pockets of your trousers, because it'll braek, if you sit down. You (maybe only I) don't like it in the shirt pocket because its to heavy. I don't like those belt pouch/ bumbag/ fanny pack, because they are always in the way.
So I work to samrten up some things:
Of course batterytime is the most annoying thing. I found a LiPoly supplier, who have possibly matching batteries: http://www.lipopower.de/
I'll try the 380 mAh and the 110 mAh types soon (in different setup, up to 4 at one watch).
Maybe the 380 type will fit without case modding.
Other Problems:
weight:
-wrist belt: 24 gr.
-all electronicst: 21 gr. (incl.: display ***., mainboard, battery)
-case: 47 gr. (incl. buttons)
no water resistance
alarm not loud enough:
from fossilwristpda.com forum:
"download Geeksounds.prc from FreewarePalm.com and, in DateBook, using 'M100 Warbler' as the default sound."
works fine.
getting a louder alarm will require hardeware modofication, I think. which is some sort of tricky, bacause after disassambling the watch, I wasn't able to fin the 'beebing device', I guess its part of the display assembly.
Software I use:
on the PDA: geeksounds and yotta
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09-22-2006, 03:21 AM
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#11 | | Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,853
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10-04-2006, 07:47 PM
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#12 | | Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 153
| I recently got a new one courtesy from my brother who likes the watch.
Now I have to download some programs for it
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PDAs: Some old Palm PDA -- > UX50-- > Zaurus C3100 -- > UX50 -- > TH55, KB100 -- > Lifedrive
Fossil Palm watch (Novelty)
PSP w/ goodies ;)
PMP: I-station I2, 30gb W/ extended battery & inline remote
Phone: Sony Ericsson W800i w/ MXE-60 flash, & 512mb Pro Duo stick
Laptop: Sony UX280P
I still miss my TR notebooks :)
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10-04-2006, 07:49 PM
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#13 | | I'm stuck on the source
Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Houston
Posts: 7,103
| Mine is messed up... whenever I unplug/plug it in, it crashes...
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Sony Clie N760c -> Sony Clie TG-50 -> Treo 600 -> Sony Clie NX80, Fossil wrist PDA-> Sony Clie UX50 -> Sony CLIE VZ90 -> TG50, iPod 5.5 Gen -> Sony CLIE UX50, Sony PEGA-EB40 -> Sony CLIE PEG-TH55/E1, Samsung A900 (Blade) -> HTC Touch -> Palm Pre -> HTC Hero, Apple MacBook -> HTC Evo ->Nexus S 4G, Apple MacBook Pro
I like iSpin, it's my favorite launcher!!
I am the 2nd top 1src poster!!
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10-05-2006, 08:41 AM
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#14 | | linux addicted
Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Hannover/ germany
Posts: 74
| give it atry with Linux. or change the computer might help?
(at least Linux' syslog will give you some infos besides crashing)
Last edited by mclien : 10-06-2006 at 06:15 AM.
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10-06-2006, 05:03 AM
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#15 | | Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2004
Posts: 1,853
| Hi,
mine isnt too stable either when USB charging is concerned.... | |
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