LG's Watchphone appearing on wrists in August
Posted on 20 Aug 2009 at 12:43
Orange has announced the LG Watchphone will go on sale on 27 August, with a whopping £500 price tag for the tiny gadget.
Dubbed a "James Bond gadget" by its creators, the 3G wristset is aimed at "the style conscious", but still manages to pack in a fair smattering of standard handset specs.
Alongside the 7.2Mbits/sec 3G connection, the LG-GD910 features a 1.43in capacitive touchscreen with software keyboard, an MP3 player, voice controls, VGA camera and Bluetooth connection for hands-free kits - just in case you don't fancy having to speak into your watch on the bus.
If the Bluetooth headset option doesn't appeal, there's also a speaker phone, video calling and voice recognition. There's no Wi-Fi though, so adding songs, pictures and contacts will be accomplished over a supplied USB cable.
Orange is touting the wristset as the "must have gadget of the year" and is only offering the phone at its Bond Street shop in London on a "first come, first served" basis. The company would not divulge how many watches will be on sale.
The company says more devices will be made available from mid-September via the Orange online shop, where shoppers will be able to pre-register.
Author: Stewart Mitchell
You too can look as cool as The Hoff
Limited function watchphone Vs iPhone 3GS 32GB.
Mmm. That's a tough call.
So, lots of people shouting at their arms on the train and holding their wrists to their ears then?
Nice.
By cheysuli on 20 Aug 2009 
Looks more like an early-release ankle tag!
No-one seems to be making the obvious point: it's effing huge! OK, it's small for a phone, but it's a massive chunk of a watch.
And given that the only sensible way to use it is with a Bluetooth headset, I can't jelp feeling that it would be easier, cheaper, and more practical to simply carry a normal phone in your pocket.
By PaulOckenden on 20 Aug 2009
the battery would not last long for that size
By mprltd on 20 Aug 2009
Not for me
I dont think this will become a next generation phone. Teens like phones like iphones or phones like Nokia Aeon ( http://www.domesticutilities.com/aeon.htm ) . And its not for me
By mzm4u on 21 Aug 2009
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