The Wi-Fi Detecting Watch Tells Time, Sniffs Out Wireless Signal Strength

Wireless networking has become extremely widespread over the past few years, as it grants users a higher level of mobility, allowing them to work (or play) in just about any location where a hotspot (or a Wi-Fi connection) is available. Nevertheless, finding such a place can prove to be rather difficult in certain situations, and this is exactly what the Wi-Fi Detecting Watch does. It provides both the exact time and certain information regarding the wireless networks from the user's close vicinity.

Thus, the watch, which sports a steel case steel case and rubber strap band, can provide the user with useful information regarding the nearest Wi-Fi network at the push of a button. However, by useful I don't mean "extended" or "wide array", because the watch can only indicate the strength of the wireless link by displaying numbers from 0 to 8 (good enough for most users looking desperately for their Internet "fix").

However, the device from ThinkGeek is first and foremost a watch device, so it can provide a wide array of time-related information and functions. Thus, beside displaying the current time, the watch also incorporates an alarm (daily and single), a countdown timer, a world time zone mode and a calendar (month, day, year). Furthermore, it sports an EL backlight, which allows checking the hour or the signal strength in dimly lit places or during the night.

The Wi-Fi Detecting Watch retails for just 30 US dollars, making it extremely affordable for those road-warriors always on the lookout for a strong Wi-Fi connection.

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