Finding your way

Casio ProTrek PRG-80T-7VDR watch

This digital Quartz watch is solar-powered, so you won't run out of batteries. It has electro-luminescent backlight and a battery power indicator. You can switch off auto illumination as this takes its toll on battery life (power saving mode). It can store historical to-date altitude data and display highest altitude, lowest altitude, total ascent and total decent for tracking your climbing history.

Further features are:

• sensors for reading temperature (thermometer) altitude (altimeter), pressure (barometer) and direction (compass)
• low-temperature and water resistant (100M)
• 1/100-second stopwatch
• countdown timer
• alarms (daily alarms, hourly time signal)
• auto-calendar, 12/24-hour format
• dimensions: 62.3 x 52.2 x 14.4mm (case)
• weight: 117gm

More details:
http://www.amazon.com/Casio-Pathfinder-Triple-Sensor-PRG80-7VDR

Garmin Forerunner 205

This device is a GPS-unit in a wristwatch. It remembers where you have been and the path you have taken. It continuously monitors your location, speed, distance, pace and calories burned. Transfer data from Forerunner to your PC for a detailed analysis of your workout. Create, schedule and download workouts to your Forerunner. View data for each workout, including your heart rate, time, distance, speed, etc.

Features:

• high-sensitivity SiRFstar III GPS receiver
• USB connectivity
• waterproof (submersible in one meter of water for up to 30 mins)
• dimensions: 53.3 x 17.8 x 68.6 mm
• display size: 33 mm width x 20.3 mm height
• weight: 77 g

For more details:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000CSQJ8C/

Casio TV-phone and camera-watch

Casio TV-phone

Casio has just released a mobile phone that doubles as a portable TV, it has a has a digital TV tuner. For now, the W51CA TV-phone is sold only through KDDi in Japan.

Its battery allows viewing of up to 5.5 hrs, enough to watch up to 5 hrs and twenty minutes video content that fits on a 1GB microSD™-card.

You can record up to two hours of video in QVGA resolution (320x240 pixels) directly from the phone to microSD™-card. You can also tune into FM radio stations. Furthermore, you can download information associated with broadcasted content, such as the music details contained in on air “EZ FM” data.

Features:

• 2 megapixel autofocus camera with image stabilizer
• 2.6" LCD screen (240×400 pixels)
• charge time of 140 minutes
• 3 colors: Bloom Pink, Cashmere White and Satin Dark
• IrSimple™ infrared communications at speeds of up to 4Mbps
• 136 grams weight
• dimensions: 50mm width × 105mm height × 22mm thick (25mm in thickest section)

For more details, see:
http://www.casio.co.jp/release/2007/w51ca.html

Casio wristwatch camera

For some time, Casio also has a camera-watch on the market, the WQV10D-2. Take a picture at the press of a button on your watch!

Features:

• built-in 1/14" color 25K-pixel CMOS camera, records in JPEG at a resolution of 176 x 144 pixels
• display: 6,240 dots (78 x 80 color pixels); 4,096 colors; 20 x 20mm screen size
• built-in Flash Memory of 1 MB holds up to 100 JPEG images; thumbnail search
• IR transfer at up to 115 kbps to other wrist cameras or to PC
• timekeeping, alarm, timer and calendar functions and 24 characters/image databank
• water resistant
• CR2032 battery will last about 6 months

More details:
http://www.amazon.com/Casio-WQV10D-2/dp/B00028WJ0E