No, the picture above isn't some modernized Power Ranger's wrist communicator. This is the
Mutewatch, and we've been intrigued since we first laid eyes on it over a year ago. At a glance, it looks akin to a rubber fashion
bracelet, which could make its $260 price tag a shocker. But with the right touch or flick it reveals itself to be much more. The
Stockholm-based start-up behind it, dubbed Mutewatch AB, envisions the device serving as "time management tool" for setting quick wrist-felt vibrating reminders during the course of the day. Think Growl, but on your wrist. The wristwatch lacks a dial and crystal, and instead has an angled, touch-sensitive section for a face with hidden
LEDs, an ambient light sensor, a motion sensor and a
vibrating motor for alarms. We've spent some time using a near-final unit seeing what it would be like silently manage our days, and it's all laid out just past the break.
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