Firms Introduce Wristwatch Pager: Personal communications moved...
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Firms Introduce Wristwatch Pager: Personal communications moved one step closer to a Dick Tracy-style two-way wrist radio as San Francisco-based AT&E; Corp. and Seiko of Japan unveiled the world’s first paging system that uses a wristwatch as a receiver. AT&T; said the new paging system allows customers to receive letter and numerical messages on their wrist; it will begin marketing in Portland, Ore., and eventually to 52 major U.S. cities within three years.
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