January 8, 2008 11:48 AM PST

LG's watch phone shows up at CES

by Nicole Lee
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LG watch phone

LG watch phone

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Sure, it's not quite the one that Dick Tracy had, but LG showed off a prototype model of a watch phone here at CES. It sat behind a display case the whole time, but we did snag a few details about it: it will have Bluetooth, as well as text messaging. When asked how you would text message with it, the LG rep said that there's a scroll wheel at the bottom of the watch's face that'll let you scroll through letters and numbers. This sounds horrendously tedious, but at least making calls promises to be a bit easier--just pair it with a Bluetooth headset, and dial numbers using your voice. We have no other details other than that, though, and this is simply, as we said, a prototype.

Nicole Lee is an associate editor for CNET, covering cell phones, Bluetooth headsets, and all things mobile. She's also a fan of comic books, video games, and of course, shiny gadgets. E-mail Nicole.
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by dredgerie January 9, 2008 3:23 PM PST
perhaps it will be something like this:<br /><a href="http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/9c9d/">http://www.thinkgeek.com/gadgets/cellphone/9c9d/</a>
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by Lemon5 January 9, 2008 6:58 PM PST
How much is the estimated cost and what is the phone service provider?
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by DuckInA.Pond January 11, 2008 3:43 PM PST
Looks like the same scroll wheel as in the Shine phone.
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by tedacos April 12, 2008 2:56 PM PDT
The truth is that the Watch Mobile Cell Phones are a reality, and there are several models available in TEDACOS. The most comprehensive of them have digital camera for taking pictures and video, voice commands, vibrating alert, mp3 player, movies in mp4, bluetooth connection, internet access and GPRS Wap a surprising touch screen for management their duties and with handwriting character recognition. To see the full range of models available have to visit the website of TEDACOS, <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.tedacos.com" target="_newWindow">http://www.tedacos.com</a> or see their videos demonstration <a class="jive-link-external" href="http://www.youtube.es/tedacos" target="_newWindow">http://www.youtube.es/tedacos</a>
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