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stangg172004

11-03-2005 06:55 PM

Toyota to Offer Smart Key Wristwatches

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Nikkei.Net (subscription) reports that Toyota will introduce a Citizen Wristwatch with a smart key inside to lock and unlock cars automatically.

For new Toyota Crown car owners the fumbling for the car key has an end. The Toyota wristwatch (developed together with Citizen) transmits via a radio signal a code to unlock the wearers car.
There is also a button on the watch to manually lock or unlock the car from a distance. The Toyota wristwatch will be available starting next week in Japan, where else.
Toyota released now some details about the Toyota watch on their site (Japanese).
http://www.i4u.com/images/toyota_rfid_wrist_watch.jpg
http://www.wristdreams.com/images/toyota_watch.jpg

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Lister00169

11-03-2005 07:52 PM

...and the watch looks great too boot :thumbsup:

Aftermarket mod anyone??? :wish:

phile

11-03-2005 08:18 PM

Nifty idea, although I often forgot my watch more often than I forget my car keys.

CGTSX2004

11-03-2005 08:48 PM

Hmm...interesting idea...

:ponder: wonder if you could modify one of those to work with an RL?

charliemike

11-03-2005 08:50 PM

With all this wireless traffic around us, our great-grandchildren are going to have hooves : )

stangg172004

11-03-2005 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by phile

Nifty idea, although I often forgot my watch more often than I forget my car keys.

ya that's the only draw back to this i think. Other than that, how pimp would u look opening your car James Bond style :pimp: too bad its in a lame car....

mrdeeno

11-04-2005 06:58 AM

Citizen's a pretty nice watch and all, but some people don't want to trade in their tag's or rolexes just so they can start their car.

they should make a "module" that fits on the backside of a watch...like a chip or something that someone can implant on their watch...so people can use any watch they like.

sdho	11-04-2005 10:15 AM

ummm...Crown is not a lame car...it's almost as nice as Lexus ES and GS.

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Originally Posted by stangg172004

ya that's the only draw back to this i think. Other than that, how pimp would u look opening your car James Bond style :pimp: too bad its in a lame car....

Professor Gascan

11-04-2005 10:39 AM

Lame. People already walk away from their keyless ignition vehicles with the keys in their pocket because a relative/friend/etc is taking the car. This will be even easier to forget.

heyitsme

11-04-2005 03:12 PM

Seems like the future, pretty soon we'll have a microchip inserted under the skin.

teg_to_bike

11-04-2005 03:21 PM

I don't see this catching on... not every Toyota driver is going to like Citizen's designs.

ilitig8

11-04-2005 04:05 PM

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Originally Posted by teg_to_bike

I don't see this catching on... not every Toyota driver is going to like Citizen's designs.

This could be true but they could produce lots of designs with the same movement. This begs a question men/women in Europe and to a lesser extent the US take great pride in their time pieces, I don't remember seeing a lot of exotic time pieces in Asia when I have been there (except for fakes for sale) can anyone shed some light on this. Point being it might fly there if they view watches in a more utilitarian light.

heyitsme

11-04-2005 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by teg_to_bike

I don't see this catching on... not every Toyota driver is going to like Citizen's designs.

Don't think it will be sold outside Japan.

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