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List Price: $79.95
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Manufacturer: CASIO
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Brand: Casio
EAN: 0079767764739
Feature: 2- Color Display ( Blue, Black )
Label: CASIO
Manufacturer: CASIO
Model: EDB610D
Publisher: CASIO
Studio: CASIO
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2- Color Display ( Blue, Black )
8-Digit Calculator with functions for addition (+), subtraction (-), multiplication (x) and division ( )
300 page Databank 8 letters and 12 numerals per page
E-data memory 50
World Time - 26 time zones, 100 cities
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Editorial Reviews:
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Casio Databank Watch with 300 Page Databank and Metal Band EDB610-8C puts lots of power in (and on) your wrist. Daylight savings time on/off Auto Electro-luminescent backlight with afterglow 1/100 Second Stopwatch with Measuring capacity - 23 - 59'59.99 / Measuring mode - elapsed time, split time, 1st-2nd place times Countdown timer (Input range - 1 minute to 24 hours) 5 multi-function alarms with snooze Hourly time signal selectable Auto-calendar ( pre-programmed until the year 2039) Selector for 12/24- hour formats Battery power indicator Accuracy - +/- 15 seconds per month Approximate battery life - 2 years on CR2016 (included)
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Summary: Piece o'crap
Comment: I've owned other watches in the Databank series since the late 80s, and this one is far and away the worst. It's like they allowed a group of disgruntled sadistic geeks design the watch, translated the design specs into Swahili, and then gave it to a Japanese factory to build.
Consider it a bad omen when the instruction guide is bigger than the watch.
Other than the features some folks in this review perceive as missing, here's some everyday problems this thing has:
1. The bluish tint for some regions of the display is unreadable in certain lighting conditions.
2. Hope you can remember multiple key sequences just to do something simple.
3. The watch often gets into undesirable situations (such getting locked into undesirable time zones) because of stray presses on the keypad.
4. Using the calculator is very difficult, as you need to repeatedly click the function buttons just to access the math operations. For example, to divide 4 by 2 you press the following buttons:
[menu] [=] [4] [display] [display] [display] [display] [2] [=]
In summary, I'd consider giving this watch as a present to my worst enemy, or perhaps someone who I want to render insane.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Is this a phone?
Comment: I was in the market for a new calculator watch after my DBC-1500 started falling apart at the seams. I didn't end up buying this watch for 3 reasons. The first (and most commented on) is the lack of schedule feature. The second is that the date is no longer permanently displayed (a HUGE retrograde step in my opinion) and thirdly and most annoyingly, the numbers are upside-down. They have replicated the number layout of a push-button telephone, rather than a calculator. I ended up purchasing a brand-new, unopened DBC-1500 from a large, well-known auction site. Why change when it was already perfect?
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Summary: Schedule memo gone
Comment: I've been using Casio Databank watches since around 1989 and have loved them all along. I forego a stylish watch for the features.
I always used the telephone bank to keep track of my phone numbers, and more importantly, I used the schedule memo to keep track of all of my family birthdays. The watch would let me know in advance, and then would beep (annually) when a birthday was up.
Now, with my cell phone, I don't need the telephone database any longer. They're all in my phone. It's faster and easier to pull it up on the phone and hit "send."
But the schedule memo is still why I wear the DBC-310. So I was looking at these new models and saw that they were much more stylish. I could have my "geek watch" with a stylish look.
Bought one.
Found out later that they'd dropped the schedule memo feature.
It's useless to me. If I want to tell time and have a stopwatch, I have a multitude of choices. I NEED my schedule memo.
Guess I'll buy another DBC-310. Why would Casio drop this feature?
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Summary: Bought it but returning it.
Comment: I am a fan of Casio databank watches. I lost my Casio DBC150-1 (Module 1477) Databank after years of use. Bought this latest e-databank model EDB610-8C (Module 2550) and there's lots to like about it. Read-out is big and easy to read. You can activate the auto-light up feature so with a turn of only your wrist, the dial will silently light up so you can read the time (Great inside a darkened movie theatre!). The alarm is loud and has an optional snooze feature that repeats itself every five minutes for the next half hour. The watch can store 50 e-mail addies and entry can be protected by your password. Some reviewers were unhappy with the calculator mode in that you have to press side button "D" once (for addition symbol operation) to twice (subtract operation) and up to four times (for division character symbol). The truth is it takes less time to press "D" 4 times than it takes to read this sentence. I also found improved accuracy. On other databanks, you might mean to press the division key, but the keypad is so small you might press the multiplication key by accident. That won't happen with this databank. The one drawback is all entries in calculation mode are 1/8" high. If you have poor eyesight, you may have a problem reading. But if you can read a newspaper, no problem! The World Time mode has an expanded 100 cities listing. You can directly access for 3 time zones (home, city1, city2) which is good for travelers. I also like the fact that there is a home menu page so you can go straight to alarm mode or telephone mode or calculator mode with 1 touch on the keypad. No more pushing side button B five times to go to alarm mode! The resin watchband looks to be more secure as the pinspring doesn't seem nearly so easy to pop off. Only time will tell! The main reason I'm returning the watch is I miss the schedule mode. On my old databank, I had stored in it birthdays, anniversary, mother's day, father's day, doctor appointments, business appointments, dinner dates, etc. That was a truly useful feature and it has been ill-advisedly eliminated on this model databank. I hope they will add it back to future e-databank Casio model watches. Until they do, I'm sticking with the Casio DBC310-1 models (Module 1478) databank though it lacks e-mail storage. All-in-all, I love these Casio databank watches. I hope Casio keeps manufacturing them!
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Summary: It is different than DBC-1500
Comment: I made my decision to buy this watch from image on line and downloading the manual (qw2500.pdf) from the Casio site.
Biggest change was the fit, and took time for me to adjust to the feel. It fits loose around the wrist more like a braclet. To fit more tightly like a watch, a link or two would have to be removed.
The 1500 limit on the number of scheduled appointment was governed by 150 limit for schedule-telephone numbers. Now there are five alarms, one with a snooze feature. Text can be added to each alarm and scheduled for specific date, day of week, etc.
I overcame the telephone number display by putting the first six numbers (area code and exchange) on the top line, the last four on second line. International numbers will have to be put in the data section.
Yes, the calculator one has to scroll through with one key for +, -, *, and divide, but this reduced the number of keys by four. I do not use the calculator often.
It is easy to change the displayed time to a different time zone when traveling. I need to review the proceedure, but I believe now one can set the time to new time zone so the alarm functions properly. With the 1500 I always had to add or subtract the time difference from the home/primary time (I did not change the primary time with 1500, went to world time and selected the time zone I needed).
Out of the box, the small keys had to be pushed frequently before they worked, but soon they all were functioned properly.
I have grown to like this watch better than my 1500. It is very attractive.
Timex has data link watches, but data can be entered only when you are at your computer. Maybe someday the two systems can be merged.
SF CA Tom
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