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Fossil Wrist PDA is a Personal Digital Assistant designed to take the place of a wristwatch. This article is in need of improvement. ...
The device, manufactured by Fossil, features a tiny gray 160x160 pixel screen with 16 shades of gray. It is run on PalmOS 4.1 and has a tiny stylus hidden in the watch clasp. It is able to carry out most PDA functions, and run any normal Palm OS-compatible application. It features 8 Mb of RAM (about 7.7 Mb avaliable to user) and 4 Mb of flash memory. Like other Palm OS devices, it can synchronize or exchange information with PC or Mac, has an infrared port, a virtual keyboard, and a touch screen. A fossil Ammonite Fossils (from Latin fossus, literally having been dug up) are the mineralized or otherwise preserved remains or traces (such as footprints) of animals, plants, and other organisms. ...
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The device also has a watch mode in which it just shows time.
The device is not water-resistant. Its rechargeable lithium-ion batteries last only 3-4 days, according to the manufacturer's info.
The price, as of January 2006, is $79.
The current model is called Fossil FX2009 Wrist PDA. There were also earlier versions of this device, called Fossil FX2008 Wrist PDA, Abacus AU5005, Abacus AU5006, and Abacus AU5008. Abacus is a subsidiary of Fossil.
Its major (and probably the only) competitor is OnHand PC. OnHand PC has its own OS, but much longer battery life (2-3 monthes instead of 3-4 days).
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