Bluetooth Wrist Watch

As a confirmed horological nut, I was fairly skeptical when I heard about the Fossil Abacus Bluetooth watch, the MobileWear. It is a watch that tells you when someone is calling your cellphone. It notifies you by vibrating and showing the name of the caller - if they’re in your address book - right on the watch face. You can also mute and hang-up on callers with the watch.

UPDATE - I screwed up the naming on this one. This is the Abacus model, a subsidiary of Fossil.

This hefty beast is designed to work with Symbian Series 60 devices, mainly Sony Ericsson phones along with some Nokias. I tried it with a Nokia N91 with some degree of success.

*Sony Ericsson Bluetooth enabled mobile phones (K610, K610im, K618, K790, K800, W710, W850, Z610, Z710, P990, W950, and M600)
* Series 60 phones using Symbian OS version 7, 8, and 8.1 (coming soon)

The first thing you’ll notice about this $249 stainless steel watch is that it’s very heavy. It’s not overly large or thick, it’s just a hunk of metal with a unobtrusive screen at 6 o’clock on the face. It has two buttons and a standard crown to set the time.