Thanko's latest MP4 watch boasts 1.8-inch display, video camera
By Darren Murph 
posted Dec 14th 2008 2:11AM
posted Dec 14th 2008 2:11AM
Thanko's last MP4 watch was, um, less than gorgeous, but this one can actually be worn in public without automatic public humiliation. Sure, it's still a bit stocky, but we're confident that fashion-forward nerds could still pull it off. In between the two (p)leather straps sits a 1.8-inch 160 x 128 resolution color display, a multimedia player with MP3 / WMA / AVI / JPEG support and a video camera capable of logging VGA-quality clips. You'll also find a mini-USB port and an internal speaker, and there's 4GB of internal memory to go along with about 3.5 hours of music playback time. All yours (if you live in Japan) for ¥14,800 ($163).[Via AkihabaraNews]
"about 3.5-hours of music playback time"
Why is that hyphenated? It's just 3.5 hours. Same as 5 hours. Same as 4 days. You don't hyphenate things unless you're combining them to make one descriptive term, like "This watch has a 3.5-hour capacity."
Oh nice when the chicks see me with some headphones plugged into my watch they'll totally want to date me and I can explain the technology behind the device and they'll totally be turned on. Nerds win again.
Ill get as many chicks wearing this than i did wearing that calculator watch...i mean i dont have a calculator watch.
Actually, I didn't notice "headphone jack" as one of the features. I wouldn't be shocked if it didn't have one, at all.
The good news?
1) That means we can impress the dames by explaining the need for a mini-USB to 3.5mm jack converter, and
2) We'll have no choice but to blow said dames away with our watch's bangin' built in speaker.
Damn. I'll take three.
Y'know. For surround sound.
@absurdio
Why only 3? are you missing a limb or something?
You should make it 5 and wear one around your neck too.
James, are you missing a certain limb as well if 1 of the 5 is going on the neck? ;)
can it tell the time?
A wristwatch that tells the time? You guys are so demanding
It would be cool if there was an IR transmitter as well; to change channels on various components (not needed, but maybe fun? :) I love messing around with people's heads with Novii remote on my old Palm
Some kids at my school just got suspended just the other day for using one of those mini IR universal mini remotes to turn the TV on over and over again in their classes. They would've gotten away with it too, if it wasn't that meddling ex-marine substitute... heh. Idiots.
Anyway, I do think it would be a good idea to have a remote in a normal looking watch, imagine what you could do if it just looked like a regular old Iron Man!
what we can learn from this is that who? is an elementary school kid.
What we can learn from this is that andres collects personal information about people on the internet, and seems to be fishing for elementary school children in particular... CREEPY!!!
ahh, it seemed funny in my head. i guess i failed.
Damn my first low ranked comment on Engadget D=
its still ugly. if it got thinner, then it would be EPIC WIN.
An epic win? Maybe less of a fail.
You kno its like why carry all these gadgets that do the same, your phone can already play videos, take video and pictures, play music and alot more then what this can do, yea its cool to have it on your wrist but how many people actually go anywhere without there phone on there side. For right now and i see it for a few years out the only things i need is my DS for gaming, my mp3 for music, and my phone, until we get a large enough capacity phone that can play really good like a stand alone player maybe im sold, but right now, nah.
I ain't strapping no giant chrome-trimmed block of a watch onto my wrist!
its called bling. obviously you aren't getting laid.
I'm not sure I follow your line of reasoning, here.
That's exactly what I want. Na, still doesn't beat a calculator watch.
I prefer to wear my Ti-83 Calculator. Much more fashionable.
If this had that Casio high res screen, I would be all over it.
They are going at it all wrong.. Obviously they need to make it wider with an oval screen so the battery and computer crap can be spread apart just like the razr and ipod. Although it does seem like it COULD potentially play doom, but wearing it spells it out for ya already. I Mean, it's only obvious right? Right?? ..... I have nothing :/
It's like a fanny pack, but for your wrist!
And i wear this...and want...oh wait nobody cares
U_U
I miss my robot watch
http://30gms.com/images/uploads/transformer.jpg
LOL, I had one of those when I was a kid. My dad picked it up at the dollar store.
kinda bulky
If it features bluetooth to wirelessly connect it to an headset and some decent headphones and uses a good voice activation/voice tags software (Cyberon speed dial f.ex. is light enough for this amount of mem) then it could actually be worth its price, specially since I could just keep it in an inside pocket and keep on wearing my Breitling Aereomarine Chrono on my wrist.
Holy paperweight, batman!
"Look at that thing! You would've gone straight to the bottom."
Why put it on your wrist? Get a nice viewable 7" screen, and hang it from a chain around your neck, a la Flavor Flav! Now that'd be some video that's stylin'!
when will we have a watch that has an atom processor, 512MB ram, 8GB SSD and a projector with 3G and Bluetooth? I'll get one when that kinda things come out.
So when an underpowered netbook is available in your watch, you'll use it for what exactly?
On the other hand, this does sound like the beginning of a cool GPS-phone-sunglasses combo, a la Gibson.
Sunglassses good because of visual interface. Watch bad for same reason.
The "watch" can only take video in a resolution of 352 x 288. Not quite VGA. If I'm not mistaken, that's almost QVGA... which kinda sucks.
Source: This line:
■ ビデオカメラ（動画） ： 撮影解像度352×288 ■ camcorder (video): 352 × 288 resolution shooting
On this page:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=ja&u=http://www.thanko.jp/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dthanko.jp%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG
No Thanko
Hmm.. Nah, I'll just strap my Ti-84 Plus.. much more useful as they've got a mod for it to replace it's internals with a GameBoy Color!
Now I can play Rally 98 everywhere! ...,
If they could add txting on these, I can only see how much everyone in class is looking at the "time".
Then again not possible without Wifi :/
You don't care about a binary watch? Seriously, your priorities are all messed up.
http://www.MJDhitekgear.com
Nice Watch.
Is this watch available in stainless steel?