Wristwatch Of The Future

Features List

by Kevin J. Rice
http://www.JustAnyone.com

I came up with MOST of this list in 1992.  It’s taken this long, but we’ve finally gotten to the point we can put most of this stuff on a laptop.  Not quite a watch yet, though. 

If you have ideas for extending this list that are somewhat reasonable, or even unreasonable, email me with them at Kevin@justanyone.com

Until then, ENJOY!

What I want in a Watch

• Accurate time displayed on front
• Integrated Global Positioning System for Latitude / Longitude display - where I am.
• Time is accurate - updated automatically from GPS signals
• Timezone correction - when I travel, the time (timezone) automatically changes to where I am.
• Accurate GPS - receives as many satellites as are available.
• Display capable of 1024 x 768 in 14 million colors.
• Graphics processing equal or better than current 3-D graphics accelerator cards
• Cellular phone digital standard, fails over to analog when out of digital range
• No notification or bother with cellular areas - if out of digital range, billing automatically handled.
• Speaker phone with full 2-way talk (no cutoff when both parties speak at once).
• Full PC capability - can run Win 98/NT software.
• Voice recognition capability
• Voice commands integrated into applications like mail interface, “send email to x@yz.com containing quote...unquote’
• Power - permanent on capability (battery lasts 2 or 3 weeks between night-long recharge).
• Magnetic compass to know which direction it’s pointed.
• Integrated address-book/GPS/compass - ask, “Which way is John Dale’s House?” looks up in address book, finds location on GPS, replies, “straight ahead 2 blocks, then left, go 3 blocks.”
• Small video camera with physical cover (prevents walking into locker room with it unknowingly on).
• Video conferencing via camera and cell modem
• Web browsing via the cell modem at > 56 kbaud
• Fax a page held in front of the camera
• Very low weight - carry in shirt pocket, wear on wrist, or attach to belt.
• Integrated ‘ask jeeves’ function linked to encyclopedia and dictionary (“Keyword, Encyclopedia, how tall is Mount Everest, compute.”)
• Downloading of music from web.
• AM/ FM/ Shortwave radio
• Attachable headphones for music or private phone listening.
• Listen to and store radio and TV broadcasts
• Spread-spectrum security on all broadcasts - no one can listen in to your conversations
• IR port downloading/uploading of business card info, files, etc. to other devices around you.
• Paging functions - send and receive email pages.
• Receiving fax - can get a fax and display it on screen
• Standardized IR printing - point the device at a printer (whatever’s closest) and beam files/faxes, etc and print them there.
• Easy to understand device indicating which direction the camera is pointed

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