Another article for Decoder-Ring-punks http://dailynews.yahoo.com/headlines/technology/story.html?s=z/reuters/98040... 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. ------------------------- 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.