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Fossil Abacus AU5005 Wrist PDA with Palm OS - Black Review

Fossil Abacus AU5005 Wrist PDA with Palm OS - Black 
Manufacturer: Fossil

Model#: AU50.05
Weight: 1.23lbs
Height: 5.75"
   Width: 5.83"
Length: 5.83"

Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars


Retail Price: Unavailable
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Features:
  • 8 MB Memory
  • Operating System: Palm OS 4.1
  • Motorola Dragonball Super VZ 66 MHz Processor
  • Display: 160 x 160 pixels, 16 level grayscale, EL backlight, Touch Screen
  • Built-in Applications: Address Book, Date Book, To Do List, Memo Pad, Calculator, Time


User Submitted Fossil Abacus AU5005 Wrist PDA with Palm OS - Black Reviews


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Date: 2007-08-29
It crashes and freezes
It would be great watch if you could find applications that can be downloaded, added and actually worked. If you ran it in a vanilla mode, then you should be OK. My wife who is also Geek like myself, ditched the watch after wearing it few months. Maybe next version will be better.

Date: 2007-06-01
Gimme a long life battery
Its kinda cool for a PDA on your wrist, but the battery doesn't last for more than a day at most... I'd use it more if I didn't need to charge it every night. Plus all the data (at least on mine) gets erased if the battery dies. It was a nice try, but not good enough.

Date: 2007-02-26
Has all but not worth
I bought this watch only coz it was cheap like 29.99$. As I like gizmo things so this was a sure buy but after buying the drawbacks were more like very low battery life ...half a day and IR issues. The light is too dim on this watch and takes a while sometimes with the sytlus to get use too.
I will suggest only this watch if u like collecting watches and want this one just to have it as now the mrkt is full will more advance things

Date: 2006-12-16
Nice try
Too bad this was an idea that never went anywhere.

--Yes, a screen can be too small sometimes.

--Battery life 24 hours? Even if 48 hours, that's too short. It would be practical if it needed recharging maybe once a week, like a cellphone.

Date: 2006-12-11
$80+ watch not even water resistant???
I liked this watch, until I got rained on and found out it is not even water resistant. If my son's $5 watch is water proof up to 30 meters, certainly Fossil could have made this watch water resistant for an additional $5. They argue that you should treat it like any other PDA - but it's a watch, too, and people don't usually take off their watches when it rains. Many people don't even take them off when they shower...


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