Get ready for the phone watch
January 3, 2009 by robotics
Filed under Mobile Phones
A few years ago, I read a news article about concept mobile phones that may become commercially available in a decade or so. I don’t remember if it was Nokia who came out with the said concept phone but I do remember being quite excited by their fantastical idea. The concept phone was actually just small rings that you put on your thump and pinky finger. Using those two fingers, mimic talking on the phone and you get the general idea of the kind of miniaturised electronics that was being thought up.
That future is slowly becoming a reality with ever smaller mobile phones being developed by the major phone manufacturers. LG (http://uk.lge.com/) itself will be unveiling what could be the smallest commercially available phone at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2009 that will be held in Las Vegas, USA.
The new phone is effectively a phone watch. It is actually not the first phone watch in the market but it is the first to get mainstream support. The 3G Touch Watch measures just 13.9mm thick and successfully puts all of the features you would expect from a 3G phone in its minuscule size – and this includes a built in camera and video telephony.
Other features of the phone include 7.2Mbps HSDPA network support and Bluetooth connectivity. The svelte phone will have a 1.43 inch touchscreen, which will be the primary navigation tool. Sporty types will be glad to note that it is going to be water resistant too. It will also have the capability to play MP3s and it will even sport a tiny speaker for text to speech conversion.
No price has yet been given for the phone – officially dubbed as the LG-GD910 – but Europe will get to see it in the market this year.
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