These Independent Retrograde Dualtime watches from Citizen are simple with an amazingly modern design. I hope watchmakers pay attention to this one. Judging by looks alone, they might have been designed in the 60’s or today. In other words, it’s a timeless style, that would be hip in any era.
They come in either a polished stainless steel or gold and black finish. What’s interesting is the face of course, featuring an analog watch face using digital for the hours, and an L-shaped 24-hour clock. This kind of style is never cheap. They’ll cost you $242 and $271.
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Written by Conner Flynn on July 31st, 2008 with no comments.
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To quote Dave Bowman from the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, “My God, it’s full of stars!”. A whole watch face that looks like the cosmos? Count me in. The Astrodea collection from Citizen looks sweet. The watch face has a 35° view of the heavens as seen from the Northern Hemisphere, which rotates in real time, showing 1,109 stars and 169 cluster galaxies. It has other features that include measurements like equinox indications, constellation markers, location of the sun, solar position, sunrise and sunset times and the daily duration of sunshine. That might be too much info for me, I just dig the looks.
It comes in both a blue or gold face version, with stainless steel case and band with non-reflective sapphire glass. And since the face is so detailed, it even has a 10x magnifier for close-up inspection. Both versions are available for $585.
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Written by Conner Flynn on February 26th, 2008 with no comments.
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Citizen’s Eco-Drive line of watches run on natural sunlight as well as any artificial light absorbed through the crystal and dial. They claim that it converts any kind of light into electrical energy and that runs the watch. As long as it gets regular exposure to light, the watch will continuously recharge itself for a lifetime. The Radio-Controlled aspect comes into play with the ability to have radio synchronization on demand, or you can let the watch do the synch automatically.
The Citizen Alterna VO10-6573H features a durable aluminum case and is water-proof up to 100m. The watch is 10.2mm thick and only weighs 104g, with an accuracy +/- 15 seconds a month . It’s got a nice eye catching design overall, which it better have, since it will cost you $339.
It seems to come only in one color currently, which is purple. Though I’m not a fan of purple watches, this one looks pretty neat in that color. If they put out more snazzy colors I bet they would have a hit on their hands.
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Written by Conner Flynn on February 4th, 2008 with no comments.
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YouTube has recently announced its mobile service expansion. Whereas only a few thousand YouTube clips are currently available to its mobile service users, YouTube aims to make millions of clips available. The oodles of clips will be made available for smartphones with streaming capabilities and 3G connections. A user-friendly interface is also being developed wherein users could rate video clips and share them with friends. Other than the expansion, the “YouTube for Mobile Program” is currently working on creating an application which would let users upload clips from their mobile phones. These applications will initially work on some Sony Ericsson and Nokia handsets. The YouTube mobile service is available in 16 countries aside from the USA and is available in 10 different languages.
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Written by Mariella Moon on January 24th, 2008 with no comments.
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After more than a month of nominations and making decisions, iLounge has announced the 2008 Best of Show Winners — affordable products which excelled in the roster of devices made for iPod, iPhones, and iTunes.
Here’s the list in alphabetical order:
Atlantic’s iceBar2 ($70)
Belkin’s Podcast Studio ($100)
Casio’s Exilim EX-Z80 ($200) and EX-S10 ($250) Digital Cameras
Elgato Systems’ EyeTV3 ($80)
FastMac’s iV ($100)
Griffin Technology’s PowerDock 4 ($70) and PowerDock 2 ($50)
ifrogz Audio Wrapz ($25)
Vestalife’s Ladybug ($110-125)
XtremeMac’s Luna X2 ($120)
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Written by Mariella Moon on January 24th, 2008 with no comments.
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