The PCB is attached to the watch with a maze of wires, and allows the team to prototype new software and debug the system before commissioning the final miniature board that will go inside the shipping product.

CNN: STORY HIGHLIGHTS

The prototype software uses a combination of archive material from the New York Times and data from other websites, including Wikipedia.

BBC: News headlines used to predict future events

The phone in question was a prototype of the iPhone 4G, which had not yet been released, and the guy was a software engineer at Apple who was out celebrating his twenty-seventh birthday.

NEWYORKER: Search and Destroy

Atheer, another wearable computing startup, debuted its software and prototype hardware, which amounted to a bulky pair of glasses that allowed the user to switch between maps, newspapers and games with gesture controls.

WSJ: For Wearable Computers, Future Looks Blurry

There is, however, the slight problem of the Lumia 920 not yet shipping: unless you've been blessed with a prototype of the Windows Phone 8 device, Apple and Google are the only ones that have their latest navigation software on a phone you can actually buy.

ENGADGET: Nokia stacks up its maps next to Apple's and Google's, politely suggests it comes out on top (update: more detail)