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The Savethehumans.com
Self-Gratification
of the Day Award

For the most unnecessary - but coolest - product, website, or doodad of the day.

The Winner for October 19, 2001

The Casio WQV3-1BNDL Wrist Camera

It's time to have a moment of silence. The era of wrist cameras has descended upon us, and no one even knows it. There was a time when science fiction writers imagined stuff like this and thought they were cool just for writing about it. The people at Casio actually built one, for Christ's sake!

The only thing more amazing than a wrist camera is an electronics company marketing department that calls a product a "WQV3-1BNDL".

Obviously, the folks in Casio marketing are envisioning unprecedented word-of-mouth promotion:

"Hey, did you hear about the WQV3-1BNDL? Whoa, what an amazing product. You can take up to 80 pictures in color and upload them to your computer. And it even comes with a Grayscale Monochrome screen, built right in!"

"You're kidding me? What was that called again?"

"The WQV3-1BNDL, you moron. Weren't you paying any attention? Why are all my friends such idiots? I hate you."

Then the friend is going to go to Amazon, type in the generic words "wrist camera" like I did, and accidentally find an Intel pocket camera that also takes video.

But wait, at least the wrist camera can tell you the time, right? At least it has that advantage. At least you don't have to wear a watch in addition to the WQV3-1BNDL, right? Think again.

Is there anyone at Casio who's thinking of this stuff?

Check out The Casio WQV3-1BNDL Wrist Camera

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