Looking for the ultimate multi-media player for your wrist? This one can even wirelessly broadcast music through a car stereo or portable radio with it’s integrated FM transmitter. It also has an embedded 4Gb flash memory, a 1.8″ 160×128 pixel OLED display which they say produces bright, vivid color images. You know, if you want to watch something on a really small screen.

It’s capable of playing MP3, WMA, MP4 music videos or movies, as well as displaying JPG photos, recording, e-book reading, and yes displaying the time too. As far as power, it’s got a built-in Li-on battery and it can still play while charging.

Just when you think you’ve seen everything, some backwards thinker has put Stonehenge in a pocket watch casing along with a compass. It’s truly unique among watches, with the miniature rocks aligned up exactly as they are at the real Stonehenge.

The best part is that it actually tells time. You use the compass to find and face North. Then you insert the gnomon (The fancy stick in the middle. What do they teach you in school?) in front of the altar. Now, just look at the shadows that it creates and you will see the real time. Very cool. The kind of thing your friends will be impressed by. Obviously, with this watch you will be out of luck at night time or in the dark, but that’s the price you pay for nice things.

Sportsmen and adventurers love tech. Especially fishermen, when they haven’t had a nibble or bite all day. It can mean the difference between being bored to tears and catching that fish of legendary size. The Guide Pro series of watches from Origo can help. They use temperature and pressure sensors to read and analyze atmospheric data, so that you know when it’s the best time to fish or hunt. That way you are more productive and can spend more time doing other things.

Of course, it can also forecast weather using these functions. That’s not all it can do. The watch has an altimeter too, which has an accuracy of about 12 inches. It can graph your ascent or descent over 8 hours. But wait, there’s more. How about a compass? Yes, it has a compass, as well as other typical watch functions. No pricing available yet.

The day is rapidly approaching when the phone watch will be here. Well, it actually came a little while ago but we’re talking about the practical phone watch day that’s soon to come. Hyundai may be the leader of the pack with its W-100, a GSM phone that you wear on your wrist. The phone watch comes with a 1.3 megapixel camera, Bluetooth connectivity, microSD card slot, plays MP3 and video files and has a touch screen interface. It supports both the English and Chinese language so there’s that going for it too. Most of all we dig the design which doesn’t look too clumsy nor too calculator watch-ish. Loads of more photos after the leap.

Without much fanfare Nike has let loose the new Nike Amp+ Sport Remote Control. The Amp+ wears on your wrist like a watch and actually will tell the time, but that’s the least impressive of its features.

The watch works in conjunction with the Nike+ iPod Sport Kit and Nike+ iPod Ready shoes (if you want shoes with a special pocket in your shoe for the sensor) to give you audible feedback while your walking or running of your time, distance, calories and pace. This is very convenient and saves you from toggling through menus and viewing the data on a little LCD screen. The display shows the time and when connected to your iPod nano will show navigation controls for the player. You can even set up a particular “power song” and hit a button to play it during the tougher times when you need a little extra motivation.

In the beginning there was the sundial to mark the hours that passed. Next came the analog watch with its winding gears and ticking seconds hand followed by the digital watch. You would think that telling time can’t get any simpler (or stranger) but then along comes the Geomesh watch from Tokyoflash.

The Geomesh’s gunmetal face is a mirrored grid of 27 LEDs running vertically and horizontally. By reading how many lights and what colors are arranged you can tell what time it is (sorry, not the date.) The watches come in either white, blue or multicolored light styles, so for instance if you bought the colored one a yellow light would demark 5 minutes of time while red indicates a single minute.

if you’re going to launch a personalized product you might as well do it up big, and Shaquille O’Neal appears to have done just that. The NBA star has recently launched a new wristwatch along with timepiece maker Audemars Piguet called the Royal Oak Offshore Shaquille O’Neal Limited Edition. The watch has a self-winding caliber and designed in the red and white colors of the Miami Heat.

The luxury Shaq watch comes in two different styles, one in stainless steel and the other in white gold with a very large 48mm dial, and the numbers “2″ and “3″ on the watch are colored in red and purposely reversed adding some unique style signifying Shaq’s jersey number. The white gold version of the watch (pictured here) also has 32 cut diamonds decorating around the dial adding some additional bling to the already impressive watch.

Those seeking to get the most out of a cardio workout can draw today upon a new digital tool which you strap to your wrist to monitor your heart rate. The Sportline Solo 960 Sport Watch is available now for around $100.

The Sportline Solo 960 Sport Watch combines a built-in heart sensor with a built-in pedometer which utilizes motion-sensing accelerometer technology. These two integrated tools give you data which lets you track personal fitness goals. The pedometer specifically can measure steps taken, distance traveled, calories burned, speed, exercise time, and maintain daily and weekly records, while the heart sensor works without needing a strap and can acquire data in three beats or less.

A common theme you see on gadget blogs like ours is cool tech found overseas which may or may not ever make it to America. A new example of this is the minimal geek looking CECT W100 Wrist Watch.

The CECT W100 Wrist Watch, designed by Qiao Xing Mobile Communication of China, is believed to be the first watch phone in that large Asian country. It comes in seven colors and sports a nice LCD touch screen with which to control its functions. Though no specifics were given by its designers about its phone network capabilities it was said the phone will come with 1GB of built-in memory and supports Bluetooth.

Casio has released a limited edition version of their extreme sports-tough G-Shock watches for this years US Open of Surfing. The watch comes in a white resin case and band with the US Open of Surfing logo branded on the band.

The US Open of Surfing G-Shock watch will obviously Casio’s well-known shock resistance along with water resistance up to 200 meters, afterglow backlight, countdown timer, stopwatch, alarm, a preprogrammed calendar and it just looks cool.

There doesn’t appear to be G-Shocks Tidegraph feature available in this watch, which is surprising since its commemorating a sport that lives in the ocean. The G-Shock Surfing Limited Edition watch is retailing for $110 and you can read more at the G-Shock website.

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Garmin unveiled today an advanced fitness watch which wirelessly synchs with other devices, including PCs, to collect and store fitness data. The Garmin Forerunner 50 is expected this October in several price ranges, with $200 being the highest as it includes several fitness monitoring accessories.

The Garmin Forerunner 50 interfaces with fitness monitoring accessories, including a heart rate monitor and foot pod that monitors speed and distance, to wirelessly collect data related to one’s workout. This data can then automatically be wirelessly synched with a nearby PC via a USB stick which connects to the computer. This stick is designed to communicate with the Forerunner 50 without wires when in close proximity.

And here we thought people had finally run out of “i” words associated with iPod accessories? Guess not since watch maker Timex today announced the $125 Timex Ironman iControl.

The iControl, which functions as an “advanced sports watch,” is designed to wirelessly operate your Apple iPod. How it does this exactly we aren’t clear on – assume there will probably be an attachment for your iPod. Anyhow, the watch will let you control functions such as play/pause, volume and track forward/backward.

The Nixon Lodown watch carries tidal information on your wrist for 200 different popular beaches for the next 15 years. We have to say that it would be nice if there was a way to update the information beyond the set number of years or beaches. But, for those that do spend a lot of time in the surf at different places around the world this is way more convenient than carrying a chart or looking it up on the internet.

The Lodown shows the tidal height in numbers and graphically with little gray on black representation on the LCD screen. It will also tell you the date and time, has an alarm, timer and can be set to dual timezones since you’ll be likely traveling a fair amount to catch these beaches. It’s water resistant up …

You are a serious athlete. You want something which will make the other athletes around you jealous with gadget envy. You want the Nike Triax Vapor 300.

This uber-cool digital training watch has a pre-curved ergonomic design and band which make it easy to wear and use while you are training for your marathon. It’s got a one-touch backlight for a quick glance while jogging at night. Features on this timepiece are plentiful and include a 300-lap chronograph, five segment interval timer and two alarms.

If you’re looking for a new reason to get kicked out of class Backyard Artillery might be able to help you with this Catapult Watch. Instead of just flicking small objects at classmates this device uses and spring-loaded arm and trigger to beef up your accuracy with a range of up to 8 feet.

Aside from just making it difficult to tell what time it is, this gaudy stainless steel contraption uses a small cup on the end of the arm sized for BB’s, dried peas, popcorn kernels or any other similarly sized objects that may inflict an annoyance on your peers. In fact they will even throw some ammo into your $49 order.

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