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LG Launches Watch Phone In India
roh2cool writes "If you are a watch freak and also happen to be a fan of ultra rare (and expensive) gadgets, this might just interest you. The LG GD910 watch phone looks like a normal watch – except for the fact that it can double up as your mobile phone when needed. 'It is quite thin at just 13.9mm and packs in 3G and Video Calling capabilities as well. The phone is quite stylish and the front fascia is covered by scratch-proof tempered glass. It comes with a Bluetooth headset so you don’t have to keep talking like David Hasselhoff talked to his super-car KITT in the “Knight Rider” series.'"
... the obligatory Dick Tracy mention.
Phones in India are normally cheaper than here in Canada, but 49,990 rupees is 1138.21 CAD, you would have to be stupid to buy this phone.
Anybody know when it comes to Canada?
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that's almost $1,100
is a netbook built into my pants and an mp3 player built into my shirt.
something that expensive, hanging from my wrist and exposed to all sorts of bang ups? no thanks, i'll be wearing it, like all watches, on my belt loop. Why people don't do this i'll never know (bad eyesight, being the one exception)
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No, that is not stylish. It looks like every other watch/gadget combination.
It's ugly. Just like all the others ever have been.
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It costs over one thousand dollars. And, who wants video calls in such a tiny screen?
Just by googling "watch phone" I found many different waistphones for US$ 250 or less.
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According to Engadget, it's five hundred quid: http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/lg-gd910-watch-phone-review/
...which they relate to being a more humble $808 US. Significantly better than the Indian price.
Like the article says, the wish was for the phone being 20k instead of 49.9k. They have it wrong - once they get the bill from their webhosting company, they will be happy to have something left with to buy the batteries for the phone. The host is dead.
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I've seen watch phones coming out of china for years now.
Normally the big firms innovate, and china copies, not vice versa.
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At 12:00, go to the dollar store, find the biggest one dollar regular watch with a band they have. Now buy one buck worth of velcro strips in the same store. Velcro your regular phone to the front of the watch. That leaves three bucks for lunch. Show off to your buds at work all afternoon your new high tech wristwatch cellphone ;)
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Scratch your head and wonder why these things are being sold in India, Japan and China and not the US...
But remember, the US is still #1!!!! Guys? GUYS???
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If the manufacturer itself sugests that you're better off with a Bluetooth headset, what exactly this phone gives in comparison with "normal" one kept in a pocket / bag? Except bringing back problems with the skin on one of yor wrists...
PS. And since this is /., the summary has wrong reference - it's like in Babylon 5.
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It comes with a Bluetooth headset so you don’t have to keep talking like David Hasselhoff talked to his super-car KITT in the “Knight Rider” series.
What's the point of that? If I'm buying a rare and expensive watch-phone, I want people to know I'm the uber-geek, dammit. I don't need no stinkin' Bluetooth headset.
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This place has something cooler already (in the UK at least) Just insert your SIM card, and away you go... Better price too... It also has built in mp3/video player, and a camera...
The phone on your wrist is a decent idea which is severely flawed for several reasons.
1: Extreme lack of space for all that needs to go in it.
2: Lack of space to dial numbers.
3: Kinda annoying to charge, especially due to the fact that it will need to happen often.
Also, I fail to see how this is newsworthy, dealextreme.com offers several watch phones.
For instance: http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.13058
Also, the link isn't only slashdotted, the page is even suspended for using to much bandwidth.
...someone would have come up with a shoe phone!
When your website in India gets slashdotted and you call tech support, who answers the phone?
I'm the sort of watch freak who doesn't like electronic crap in my watches.
There needs to be a slashdot poll to see how many people still wear watches. It has to be a dwindling number. There's a clock on my celphone, there was a clock on my pager, and in the 80s I was young enough to not have to give a crap about the time of day. So I've actually never worn a watch, except for a brief period when I enjoyed owning a few pocket watches, before they were accidentally put through the washing machine.
Who would want to wear a watch even if it was a cel phone? It's not like you can have a smartphone-sized display on it. Since my phone is also my portable web and email browser these days, it would be kinda...minimalist. A watch in the age of portable electronic devices is simply redundant.
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Apparently the LG-GD910 was first introduced in Korea last year.
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Here's the product page, quad-band. Google Shopping says these are $1200.
I'll buy one just as soon as they come with a Microvision display.
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I can tell the time with a quick flick of my wrist and a glance while you have to pull your phone out. Then again maybe you're part of the generation that always has their phone out anyways, compulsively tweeting and texting.
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$1100 for a wrist decoration in India? It made me think of the scene in one of the Aubrey-Maturin novels where Steven gives an Indian girl some silver bracelets and gets her killed.
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I fully expect Apple to release an iWatch. Something with a super high resolution 1/2 inch screen where I can read graphic novels, listen to mp3's, watch high definition movies, while talking to grandma on the phone and swaping recipes with her online because I deserve to be one of the elite. Oh yeah, and it comes with a minature black turtle neck and levis case so I don't scratch the screen.
As the link posted here is dead, I googled for it and found this: http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/16/lg-gd910-watch-phone-review/
So what? I can buy any one of a NUMBER of different makes of watch phones in South Africa for under USD500 http://www.bidorbuy.co.za/jsp/tradesearch/TradeSearchLinkResultsPage.jsp?PageTitle=Watch%20phone&IncludedKeywords=watch%20phone&KeyWordHandling=or&ID=100003_Google_API_1-1_watch_phone&gclid=CMbO5tzTkaACFc9i4wodE2dNdA
You know, I'd easily pay $200 right now for a watch that uses a BT connection to talk to my phone. When my phone rings, the watch tells me who's calling. I'd also be able to use a button to silence my phone. That's it, that's all it'd have to do. (I'm assuming I'd have to charge it less frequently than every 3 days.) Bonus if it could change my music selection and show me what song it is.
Any more complicated than that, like you were getting at, and you're just getting silly for a watch.
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It is really a very good news!! There is a huge demand of mobile phones in India. Even I am planning to buy such a phone. http://ezinearticles.com/?Virility-Ex-Review---Does-Virility-Ex-Enlargement-Pills-Really-Work?&id=3476515
You don't need $200, just $70.
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That might be quite thin for a cell phone, but over a half inch is really thick for a watch. And the cell phone has pretty much replaced the watch, I doubt that trend is going to reverse itself. There are too many functions of a modern cell phone that wouldn't work as well if it were strapped to your wrist (camera, texting, showing someone a picture, etc.)
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There was a fad over those in China some time ago... What's funny, they're all made with the same ARM platform, and run a hacked WinMo... Most of 'em have dual SIM cards and TV!
Dude..I had no idea that existed. Thank you for taking the time to send me that link!
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