Gizmodo: Pong Clock

Pong Watch: A Smaller, Geekier Pong Clock

Travis Hudson — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 11:37:44 EDT

Remember that semi-cool Pong Clock? Sure you do, we only posted about it on a daily basis over the summer. Well, John Maushammer has taken this idea to a smaller level and has designed and created a beautifully crafted Pong wristwatch. It has a 1.2-inch OLED display that will display the time with a friendly game of Pong. It is still in the prototype phases—Maushammer is still working out the kinks with power management, but hopefully it will be available for sale, someday. Until then, hit the jump to see a video of the Pong watch in action.

– Travis Hudson

Homemade PONG watch! [MAKE]

Pong Clock: Hands On

Travis Hudson — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 13:54:58 EDT

Kotaku's own male underwear model, Brian Crecente, was one of the 400 to purchase and own one of those damn pong clocks that we have been ranting about for months. Check out the video of it in action, below. His only complaint: there is no battery powered option.

I don't happen to own one, but my complaint is that it costs $300 and is small as hell. – Travis Hudson

Clips: Pong Clock [Kotaku]

DIY Pong Clock, Good Idea, Poor Execution

Travis Hudson — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 10:53:52 EDT

We've been hyping the Pong Clock since last year, when we first heard word of it. Nine months later they finally shipped and we will have to admit that is pretty disappointing. The manufactured Pong Clock is tiny, and costs nearly $300.

Somebody else out there shared our same feelings and created a little DIY pong clock. The interface looks identical to the manufactured model, but the outer casing is a bit more ugly. The clock was made out of an old Dell Inspiron 7500 and a LOT of duct tape. It looks fairly functional—after it boots up, of course—but I wouldn't dare hang something that ugly on my walls. Craftsmanship, anyone? – Travis Hudson

Home-Built Pong Laptop Clock [Techeblog]

Pong Clock Unwrapping

Jason Chen — Sun, 09 Jul 2006 15:21:33 EDT

Not only has the Pong Clock shipped, it's arrived!

Take a look at the unwrapping of the pong clock, complete with a size comparison with the iMac. From all the pictures we saw before, we thought the clock was a lot bigger. It's actually about the size of an UMPC. – Jason Chen

First Pong Clock In The Wild [Zelfspot via digg]

The Pong Clock Is Finally Shipping!

Jason Chen — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 21:59:06 EDT

The makers of the Pong Clock emailed a notice to pre-order customers that their long awaited clocks are finally shipping. There's only 400 made (so far), so it's pretty exclusive (so far). And like so many cool gadgets, these clocks are made in Taiwan. It costs €228.28 ($285.85).

Check out the full email after the jump. – Jason Chen

Product Page [burovormkrijgers]

Dear Sir/Madam,

Hurray, the loooong wait [for you and us] is finally over!

The 'special' screens have, at last, arrived from Taiwan, and all the 400 Pong Clocks are currently assembled.

Before we can ship your Pong Clock, we kindly request you to pay the full amount due, mentioned on the attached invoice*.

Follow the instructions mentioned on the attached invoice, and when the amount due is received on our pay pal- or bank account, within the next two weeks, we will then proceed to put your items in the shipping queue.

Since we are no multinational corporation we cannot ship all items in 1 week, besides our work on all other [clients] projects. Therefore we will ship all items in the shipping queue within a period of 3-5 weeks from today. Be aware that the attached file is the original invoice, and if you need a printed copy for your personal administration, you can simply print out the attached file. You will receive 1 confirmation e-mail to confirm your payment has been received, and 1 e-mail to confirm your shipment has been send.

BURO VORMKRIJGERS WISHES TO THANK:

All it's Pong Clock customers, for their support in the "Pong Clock vs Atari" issues, and their patience!

In the end we feel our struggle was worth it, and we are confident you feel the same, when you'll be holding one of the 400 unique Pong Clocks in the world!

Check our website www.burovormkrijgers.nl now, and in the future, for other innovative designs produced in exclusive and limited editions.

Kind regards / Met vriendelijke groet,

Sander Mulder & Dave Keune