WiFi watch sniffs out open hotspots

This watch, though fashionologically hideous, has one killer feature. It picks up and alerts you to the presence of WiFi signals as you perambulate by.

I could have use for a watch like this, if only for the fact that it's so ugly that it would make my dates want to punch themselves in the baby maker. Sure, it doesn't do anything my laptop doesn't do, but I think walking by a nice looking cafe or bar and just quickly glancing at your watch to check if you can do some work there is a lot easier.

I'm not going to buy an ugly watch for that functionality, though. I tend to assume that all digital watches and cell phones will do something like this eventually, but that's probably naive: we're probably only a few years away from most wireless internet being cellular, after all. Base stations will just seem so quaint.

Still, if you're inclined, the asking price for the WiFI Watch is only £19.99. That's cheap enough you could just take off the band and carry it in your pocket. Actually, come to think of it, I may do just that.

WiFi Detecting Watch [Thumbs Up UK via Gadget Lab]