{"id":522680,"date":"2026-03-08T14:30:09","date_gmt":"2026-03-08T14:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/522680\/"},"modified":"2026-03-08T14:30:09","modified_gmt":"2026-03-08T14:30:09","slug":"why-have-an-apple-watch-when-you-can-have-smart-rosary-beads","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/522680\/","title":{"rendered":"Why have an Apple Watch when you can have smart rosary beads?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Acer has put out some curious products over the last 50 years. As well as laptops, PCs and monitors, the Taiwanese brand has released scooters, bikes and, er, a jacket made from coffee grounds. But perhaps the brand’s most unexpected tech product of the last ten years is 2019’s eRosary. Your Apple Watch<\/a> might track your steps, but can it track your prayers?<\/p>\n

Yes, seven years ago Acer produced the first, and only, wearable of its kind; a wearable bracelet featuring, yes, a crucifix interface, and packaged, yes, in a box resembling a bible. Even Acer calls it one of the brands “most unexpected” collaborations at the exhibition.<\/p>\n

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The eRosary on display at Acer’s 50th anniversary event in London this week (Image credit: Future)<\/p>\n

On display at Acer’s 50th anniversary showcase in London this week, the eRosary was originally priced at $110, and was available to purchase via the Vatican website.<\/p>\n

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The eRosrary featured an accompanying app (Image credit: Acer)<\/p>\n

The device could be synchronised with a smartphone app, letting the wearer track prayer progress. Perhaps best of all, it was activated by making the sign of the cross.<\/p>\n

Somewhat unsurprisingly, the eRosary was met with some bemusement on announcement. “This is… what? … how is this… what?… that\u2019s just ridiculous on every spectrum. Looks like it would be an April fools ad,” reads one Reddit comment<\/a> from 2019, while another adds, “Something nags at the back of my mind saying it\u2019s somehow blasphemous but I can\u2019t really say how. Although I won\u2019t judge how anybody chooses to pray.”<\/p>\n

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This would make for a holy unboxing video (Image credit: Future)<\/p>\n

Alas, it seems the eRosary only lasted for a single generation, which is long since out of stock. We never did get any extra models such as, say, eRosary SE, eRosary Ultra, or eRosary Herm\u00e8s edition.<\/p>\n

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