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LG Touchscreen GD910 Watch Phone Finally Arrives For $1,270

Jack Loftus — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 13:00:00 EDT

The LG touchscreen GD910 watch phone we've been talking about since at least December is finally here.

Asking price with two-year contract is an astounding $1,270 because tired, overdone Dick Tracy fantasies and allusions by gadget bloggers are anything but cheap. The presser says this is the "starting price" so the one-year contract might actually be more (that's admittedly a guess on my part, as additional contract subsidizing details are not given).

As we reported in July, the phone will be exclusive to Orange in France for the time being. Global distribution, hinted at before, is still unclear. [France Telecom OhGizmo]

Samsung "World's Thinnest" Watchphone Also Happens to Be One of the World's Only Watchphones

John Herrman — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:48:40 EDT

Samsung's only real watchphone competitor hasn't even launched its product yet, so it's a little early for the marketing oneupmanship. Regardless, the S9110 is an impressive piece of kit, with a 1.76-inch touchscreen, Bluetooth, email support and MP3 playback.

Rounding out the feature list are a few watchphone necessities, like voice recognition and speakerphone, all in a package that measures in at about 12mm thick—bulkier than your average Swatch, but well within acceptable wristwear territory. The first wave of releases will be scattered throughout Europe, starting in France, where the S9110 will retail for around $650.

The most striking thing about this—as well as the LG GD910—is that unlike pretty much every watchphone we've seen before, these might be usable on a day to day basis, granted you're willing to accept the inherent awkwardness of the watchphone form factor. No word on a stateside release yet, but import costs aren't likely to stop the kinds of dapper jetsetting gentlemen and/or independently wealthy James Bond superfans who'll be buying this thing anyway. [SamsungHub via Mobilecrunch]

LG's GD910 Watch Phone Hits UK in August

Jason Chen — Mon, 06 Jul 2009 12:59:00 EDT

LG's finally set a date on their GD910 touchscreen watch phone, and it ain't July, like Akihabara News said. According to T3, it's in August, and will be exclusive to Orange for a little while. [T3]

LG GD910 Watchphone Hitting European Stores in July (Spy Powers Sold Separately)

Adrian Covert — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 03:00:00 EDT

Puerile Europeans rejoice! The days of pretending your watch is a phone while playing spies are over. Because starting in July, Akihabara News claims LG will start selling their GD910 watchphone in Europe, with global distribution to follow after.

What global means exactly is uncertain, as there's no mention of the US anywhere. But if given the opportunity to combine this beast with the Matsuhashi B-400, you better believe I won't hesitate to do so. Also, you're only allowed to hang out in my blanket fort if you have a Watchphone too. [Akihabara News]

LG's GD910 James Bond Approved Watch Phone To Start Production This Year

John Mahoney — Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:41:12 EST

The watch phone we've seen LG toying with over the last few days (and behind glass at last year's CES) is now for real, and will hit production "later this year"

LG demo'd the phone from the stage here at their press conference, and it features 3G HSDPA. So as long as you don't mind speakerphoning your every call, it can be yours in the not too distant future. [CES 2009]

Tag Heuer's Cellphone is a Watch Phone?

Jason Chen — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 17:39:30 EST

The announcement earlier this week that Tag Heuer was designing a luxury cellphone didn't inspire shock as much as a raised eyebrow, but Biggs the watch fetishist over at Crunchgear dug through his old archives and found this rendering. Dated January 18, Dialaphone.uk found these renders of a possible Tag Heuer cellphone watch that's both classy and able to call people. Whether this is the actual Tag Heuer phone is uncertain and unlikely, but we'd actually really love a cellphone watch that doesn't look like something we'd wear in the third grade. [Dialaphone via Luxury Launches via Crunchgear]

IMobile Flying C1000 Watch is Phone, Audio and Video Player, Chunky

AddyDugdale — Wed, 19 Sep 2007 12:45:44 EDT

Finally something to go up against the multi-talentedM500 GSM-MP3-MP4 watch: the IMOBILE Flying C1000. Touchscreen, Bluetooth, GSM phone, 60MB built-in memory, there are a couple more shots after the jump.

It's also got a USB port, a stylus and, from what I can decipher from the original page, screen res is 176 x 220 pixels. Its nasty plastic styling makes it rather loveable, don't you think? [Phone Daily viaAkihabara News]