Well don't I feel silly...

[Tony Scharf]

Ok..now it has been confirmed by the German Keyboard Magazine (Swiped from
Colin Fraser on AH list):

http://www.colinfraser.com/mini-ms20.jpg

Tony


On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 1:38 AM, Peter Korsten <peter at severity-one.com>wrote:

> 2013/1/21 Andrew Tarpinian <andrewtarpinian at gmail.com>
>
>> On Jan 21, 2013, at 4:26 PM, Peter Korsten <peter at severity-one.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> > Watches stopped being time-telling devices a long time ago. It's an
>> auxiliary function on what is essentially a fashion item.
>>
>> I don't think so, I think you are going to see more separation of tasks
>> in the near future. Today most people check the time on their phone. This
>> involves:
>>
>> Take phone out of pocket
>> Unlock
>> Put in pas-code
>> Notice you have a text
>> Check text
>> Check email
>> Look at cool link to moog sub phatty
>> Make comment: "moog rulez 4 3v3r!!!"
>> Check Facebook
>> Look at cat pictures
>> Forget where you're going, check maps
>> Put phone back in pocket
>>
>> Wonder what time it is.
>>
>> Far simpler to look at your watch
>>
>
> That's not the fault of not having a watch, but of your phone having too
> many functions. :) Although I agree that looking at pictures of cats is one
> of the more useful innovations in mobile technology of the last decade or
> two. ;)
>
> Currently I'm using this watch again:
> http://www.tokyoflash.com/en/watch_museum/s-mode/oberon/
>
> (And there's another Bar'ian that has this watch if I'm not mistaken.)
>
> It is, actually, far simpler to look at your phone than trying to decipher
> this watch. But you have so many clocks these days, whether on your phone,
> your tablet, your computer or on the wall, that watches have become
> superfluous, and that the most important reason to get on is to make a
> statement.
>
> - Peter
>
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