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Groovy Wristomo Cell Phone Announced

Posted by chrisd on from the does-it-tell-time dept.

i4u writes "NTT DoCoMo announced WRISTOMO a new Wrist Phone built by Seiko. Recently Samsung announced the availability of their Wrist Phone at the CeBit 2003. The Wristomo Wrist Phone unique design lets users transform it into a handset. The phone supports web browsing with up to 64kbps. Wristomo can receive and transmit Emails with maximum size of 3,000 characters. The Watch can synchronize with MS Outlook via a data cable. The size of the Wrist Phone is 171.5x40.4x18.5mm, and it's weight is 113g. It is even water-proof. It supports continous talk-time for 120min. and 200 min. standby. It is even water-proof! Price expected to be 50,000yen."

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  1. Cable?! by Malachi · · Score: 3, Insightful


    Blueeetoothhh.. BTH.. Common.. Down with the cables!

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  2. Re:Maybe tiney isn't so good anymore by banana+fiend · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Agreed, really really small devices can be extremely hard to use. How many people still have a wrist-watch calculator?

    I've seen the remote-control on a watch thing (a guy in the office has one) - and it's a good idea because it has so few buttons.

    In the absence of an un-slashdotted web-page I'll have to assume it's not fully voice activated (you go girl, if it is). Web-browsing may also be a little - small :)

    Still, I'll be waiting until they get the 21" screen version :)

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  3. Re:Korea and Japan? by Swift(void) · · Score: 2, Insightful

    The US may be gadget crazy, but Japan and Korea are even crazier. They could probably sell more of these in a single day in Japan than they could in a month in the US.