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Fossil Unveils Watch that Wirelessly Communicates with Phones
PUBLISHED: Thursday, September 28, 2006
Fossil, Inc. has just announced the Caller ID wristwatch. This analog/digital watch will use Bluetooth wireless networking to allow users to view incoming caller ID information, as well as perform many other functions.

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A Year with Fossil's Tech Watches
PUBLISHED: 2/21/2006  BY: shawnb
Staff Writer and long-time handheld user Shawn Barnett brings his experiences with Fossil's Palm OS-based Wrist PDA and one of its rivals using Microsoft's Wrist Net technology.
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A Year with Fossil's Tech Watches
PUBLISHED: 2/21/2006  BY: shawnb
Staff Writer and long-time handheld user Shawn Barnett brings his experiences with Fossil's Palm OS-based Wrist PDA and one of its rivals using Microsoft's Wrist Net technology.
FULL STORY (26,966 Reads) | DISCUSSION (0 Replies)

PDA News - Rollable displays, Blackberry fix, Adios Fossil
PUBLISHED: 2/11/2006  BY: AdamaDBrown

Say Goodbye to Fossil's PDA Watches (Updated)
PUBLISHED: 2/9/2006  BY: Ed Hardy
It appears Fossil has given up on all of its high-tech watches.
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Fossil Is NOT Leaving SPOT Watch Market
PUBLISHED: 9/14/2005  BY: Ed Hardy
Fossil says that there is no truth in a recent report which indicated that it has stopped making watches with Microsoft's SPOT technology.
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Software Store Opens Just for Fossil Wrist PDA
PUBLISHED: 9/14/2005  BY: Ed Hardy
Motricity has opened a store exclusively for applications that work with Fossil's Palm Powered Wrist PDA.
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Fossil Leaving SPOT Watch Market
PUBLISHED: 9/13/2005  BY: Ed Hardy
Reportedly, Fossil has stopped making watches that use Microsoft's SPOT technology to display snippets of information they receive wirelessly.
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PDA News - Opera for Windows Mobile, Fossil gone, Palm Opera
PUBLISHED: 8/17/2005  BY: AdamaDBrown

Fossil WristPDA 2.0 Review
PUBLISHED: 1/31/2005  BY: vike99
As a business traveler I'm always on the look out for some gadget that can reduce the amount of stuff I need to carry. I always wear a watch --it's the other stuff like cell phone, PDA, laptop, etc that I'd been thinking of combining. So when Fossil finally came out with their Wrist PDA I jumped at the chance to check out this latest tech toy -- what better way to reduce my luggage than to add it to my watch? After spending a week with the unit, I found the Wrist PDA to be a good start but not the final solution and I recommend waiting a bit for the design to mature.
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Beiks Launches New Software Store for Fossil Abacus Wrist PDAs
PUBLISHED: 1/13/2005  BY: Ed Hardy
Beiks has opened a new section of its Web site devoted to software compatible with Fossil?s new Abacus Wrist PDA.
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Fossil Announces Palm OS Powered Wrist PDA (pics)
PUBLISHED: 1/6/2005  BY: Brian
Two years after Fossil first promised a Palm OS powered watch, the PDA is real. The Wrist PDA was delivered a death blow by the company who was contracted to make the LCD displays. The displays were faulty and Fossil had to kill off the product. It's back now, running Palm OS v4.1 at an MSRP of $249.
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Fossil Wrist PDA Returning from Limbo (Updated)
PUBLISHED: 11/8/2004  BY: Ed Hardy
Reportedly, Fossil's watch with a full version of the Palm OS will be re-launched in January, but the company says this is incorrect.
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