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Only on Watch Report can a story on Patek Philippe be followed by one on a new Fossil Star Wars watch. But as I'm fond of saying, every watch is right for someone. And if you're a total Star Wars geek, and you don't care who knows it, then this one might be right for you. From the Star Wars online store: The Clone Wars Animated Series returns this March, and Fossil has a fantastic new watch to commemorate the event. This highly stylized timepiece, which features the animated incarnations of..

BEIKS, developers of applications for various mobile platforms, recently announced a new site specifically for the Fossil Wrist PDA. Fossil launched the long-awaited Wrist PDA in early January, and as of the time of this writing, is completely sold out. The Fossil Wrist PDA already comes with standard personal information management applications like Address Book, Date Book, To Do List, Memo Pad, and Calculator, however since the watch runs the Palm OS (version 4.1), users can install third-..

Update (12/13/2004): Fossil has lowered the price of the Wrist Net FX3005 discussed in this review from $200 to $149 which, in my opinion, makes it much more attractive. Well done, Fossil! Fossil recently polished up and re-released their Wrist Net watch in an attempt to wrap the MSN Direct service in a slightly more fashionable package. In their own words, the Wrist Net now has a "stylish new look" with its new integrated leather and rubber strap, redesigned buckle, additional watch face..

Hopefully Fossil is serious this time about their new Wrist PDA: a full Palm OS (4.1) built right into a watch. Actually, I'm sure they were quite serious the first time they announced the Wrist PDA and took "Best of COMDEX" in the mobile devices category nearly two years, though it seems circumstances conspired against Fossil, and the watch disappeared from their site as suddenly as it had appeared. I believe Amazon had even started taking pre-orders, though presumably, everyone's money was..