Customer Reviews

Fossil Abacus AU5008 Wrist PDA with Palm OS - Limited Edition Orange Croco

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4 star:		(2)
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i have purchased this watch to have good output from pda but being purpose of watch it has very low bettery life so its has to be charged daily. its good pda but when u got used to it. Overall good pda to carry with.

Before I bought this, I'd read in many places that the watch is big. I mean, sure, it has some mass, but it's not huge. This watch is slightly larger than Fossil's Big Tic line of men's watches. The display is nice in darkened rooms with the backlight enabled, and in well-lit rooms, it's very readable. Sometimes, dimly lit rooms will leave it unreadable. The Jot\Graffiti 2 text input system has been hard for me to get used to, possibly because I'm rather skilled with the original Graffiti. The stylus is both a clever and a marginal solution. I'd suggest either avoiding text input or carrying a full-size pen/stylus combo. Larger styli aren't crowded by the tiny screen. The band is plastic with rather thick leather inlays. The design is such that the band may be hard to replace in the future, but it's very thick and durable, so you're not likely to need a replacement in the near future. I wish there was a hotsync button on the cable, as navigating to the hotsync app can be bothersome.

I use mine to carry about my address book, appoinments, copies of my favorite blogs, email and to-do list. Plucker and Wassup are both great apps that complement the size of the little PDA.

Unbelivable Pda with great capabilities. Attractive Design with unmatched power for a mini pda of this size. Truly a world-Class.
The only thing i wanted extra on this pda was the color screen. Overall, its a timepiece item to own with respect to the inventors & developers alike.

this is a very cool idea.. super tiny wrist watch PDA.. I love the concept, and I wanted to love this unit, but the short battery life makes it impossible to rely on. If you don't plug it in every night you run the risk of having it run out of juice and then you have to reload everything.. which is not too much of a chore I guess, but it is kind of.. if they could have gone the extra mile to use more modern flash memory it could have survived a power down just fine. So, because it's pretty much useless to me, I give it two stars. again, cool idea, poor implementation.