And this time it's putting the Palm operating system into a device no bigger than a digital watch.
Casio has been pushing the boundaries of what a digital watch can do for the past few years.
When I first took it out of its packaging, I was reminded of the first time I ever saw a digital watch back in the late 70s.
As well as being used for in-store signage, E Ink's technology powers Sony's e-book reader, and in April, Seiko, a watchmaker, unveiled a digital watch built around an E Ink display.
Only the most confident of design lovers and watch enthusiasts understand the value of a luxury digital watch.
Jennifer Lynch, a lawyer at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, a group based in San Francisco that keeps a watch on how digital technology encroaches on civil freedoms, also questions the quality of the data.
You could check your stocks and watch a digital-TV thriller on one screen, while your daughter videoconferences with her grandparents on another.
Keep a close watch on your digital diaries, my friends.
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The Japanese brands of Seiko and Citizen were booking solid sales year after year, why even the film character James Bond has ceased wearing a Swiss timepiece in favor of a Pulsar or Seiko Digital Quartz watch.
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With each changing minute, an electrical pulse generates an electromagnetic field that changes the position of the crystals on the face of the watch, to elegantly display the passing time, while producing a distinctive sound unique to the Phosphor Reveal digital watch line.
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In the book I explain how employing these tools every company in every industry can choose to become a digital disruptor now rather than stand back and watch someone else do it for you.
Watch for digital programs to become a more strategic outlet for integrated communications.
Japanese company Sohgo Security Services has developed the "Guardrobo D1, " a meter-tall robot that can patrol offices, homes or stores, watch for trouble using digital cameras and sensors, and alert human guards via radio if it detects a problem.
If you were a security researcher or a digital forensics person you would hook your device up to a WiFi network that you controlled, and you would watch the traffic your device is sending.
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By offering so-called second-screen content synchronized with the broadcast, the networks hope they can persuade viewers to watch programming live, instead of on a digital video recorder several days after their initial broadcasts are recorded.
Take a look at the jewelry and watch brands with the highest Digital IQ.
Now that the world has gone digital and online, people who want to watch a game that is blacked-out on television no longer beat-down the doors of the cable operators, the leagues, Congress or the Federal Communications Commission.
The layout is rife with historical references (Saxon watchmaking, early digital timekeepers and classic pocket watch design) but wrought into a very modern composition.
The numbers would certainly seem to be there, but the question remains if eSports would effectively translate to television when it seems to thrive in a digital format where viewers can flip between five or six game streams with ease, and watch all weekend long.
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Airlines may provide access to movies stored on a digital media server aboard the aircraft, or, a third-party website where passengers can watch video now or later after they de-plane.
With this you can watch and listen or surf the web from anywhere in the house thanks to a digital media hub that feeds content to appliances in almost every room.
Masterminded by watchmaker Felix Baumgartner and designer Martin Frei, Urwerk has built its reputation on watch designs featuring digital numerals that rotate like satellites and display the time in a relatively linear manner.
Also, live sports broadcasts have remained largely immune from a media world that grows more reliant on digital recording devices and online video services that allow viewers to watch their favorite shows when they want to and skip commercials.
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While the Internet Messenger Watch is probably on the cutting edge for digital watch technology, more sophisticated consumers accustomed to more advanced messaging will find it lacking when they get a message and want to talk back.
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