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Date: Thu, 9 Apr 1998 13:44:27 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Wristwatch PC
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Another article for Decoder-Ring-punks

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/technology/story.html?s=z/reuters/980408/tech/stories/seiko_1.html
www.seiko.com   Cool pictures at www.ruputer.com

Seiko Instruments Says To Sell First Wristwatch PC

TOKYO (Reuters) - Seiko Instruments said today it would begin selling
wristwatch personal computers (PCs) in Japan on June 10.

It said the new product would be the world's first wearable PC.

A company statement said the watch, called the Ruputer, can download
data that includes text and pictures from other personal computers.

The wristwatch PCs will be sold with three software applications that
run on Microsoft Windows 95 operating system, it said.

Watches come equipped with a 16-bit central processing unit and 128
kilobytes of main memory, it said.

Games can be played on the products and they can exchange data with
each other via infrared signals, it said.

The company will launch two Ruputer models with retail prices of
38,000 yen and 48,000 yen, the statement said.

A company spokeswoman said it aimed to sell 100,000 of the watches in
the first year. Seiko Instruments is a group firm of watch wholesaler
Seiko.
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Seiko Instruments
                                                                         announced that it would begin selling
                                                                         Ruputer wristwatch personal
                                                                         computers in Japan on June 10th.
                                                                         No announcement was made about
                                                                         North American distribution.

                                                                         Although I have not received the
                                                                         release Ruputer specifications I
                                                                         believe the LCD screen is
                                                                         102 by 62 (#1), an IR port (#2) or cable
                                                                         interface (#3) is available. The tiny
                                                                         Ruputer has 128 k of RAM, 512 k of
                                                                         ROM and up to 2 MB of storage!

                                                                         The Ruputer Web site is in Kanji
                                                                         (Japanese) with a little English with
                                                                         many illustrations, an English site has
                                                                         been requested.