Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article

To: itsahoot

your troglodyte tag line cracks me up.

I havn’t had a watch since the eighties when I started carrying a programmable calculator with a built in clock and alarm clock. It was an HP 48SX that I programmed to use as a phonebook and checking account balancer. I made a case for it that merged with my checkbook.

Then came pagers, cell phones, PDAs, and laptops. all of which had built in clocks. Cell phones and smart phones killed watches. Period. there is literally zero reason to wear a watch nowdays aside from bling and narcissism. everything has a clock built into it.

When I first started carrying a cell phone, I always picked out a model based on which had the best, easiest to read at a glance, clock, and the most resistant to heat and perspiration while in my shirtpocket. At the moment that happens to be the casio g’z one. I think the worst ever made by my metric was the motorola razor...although it was a perfect size and shape for a shirt pocket.


85 posted on 09/29/2011 6:20:21 PM PDT by mamelukesabre
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 83 | View Replies ]


To: mamelukesabre

Remember the first watches used LED’s that required you to press a button to see the time. I haven’t packed a watch since my Casio Data Bank watch with the phone dialer built in, died.

Just cell phone now. I started with the first Samsung Palm powered then their flip model came along. Those died and I switched to the iPhone, never looked back. In fact I don’t even need a phone anymore I just keep it for the clock {:-)


89 posted on 09/29/2011 11:10:59 PM PDT by itsahoot (Amazon Fire--Apple is doomed. In other news, Timex will kill Rolex-News at 11:00)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 85 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
General/Chat
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson