LG Touch Watch Phone is hotter than expected

By on Jan 8, 2009 at 5:13 PM
Watches January 8, 2009

LG is full of surprises these days, even though we all knew this nifty little gadget was coming. When we first covered the LG wristwatch phone, it was all in good fun and humor. It turns out however, that LG’s Touch Watch Phone really is a cool little gadget. First off, it supports 3G, is Bluetooth capable, has a 1.4″ touch screen and it even sports a front-facing camera for video-conferencing. If you’re the type who doesn’t like admiring your own wrist for more than a few seconds, the Touch Watch Phone will also read text messages aloud – perfect while on the run or on the couch with your arm buried in a bag of potato chips. Pretty cool, right? We’re not sure if it supports speech-to-text, but we’ve got our fingers crossed since it will make entering data on Touch Watch Phone a breeze. No pricing or solid release date yet, but at least we all know it’s official now. Anyone going to pick one of these up and show it off?

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  • HokiePS7

    Ummmmmm, no thanks. I’ll stick with my iPhone3G and Omega Seamaster.

  • Ricky

    Haha it’s such a cute watch. I would buy it just to tell me the time. ^^

  • http://www.espressoreport.com Richard Ward

    That’s James Bond-style. Pair that with an OQO and a smokin’ hot Aston Martin — shaken, not stirred.

  • Nate

    Does it look as dorky as this Sharp remote control watch I got on Woot!?

    ‘Cause if it doesn’t, I simply won’t wear it. I have an image to uphold.

  • Hyperlink

    I wonder how well it will work underwater.

  • Valter

    Ah, if I were only 16 again…!

  • Macbook N Cheese

    my omega semaster was a POS it never worked, and it cost me $400 to fix it after paying almost $1200 for it, same as my iphone now i rock the blackberry curve 8310 :D

  • alex

    i’m hooked

  • idrent

    why would you cram all that video conf etc into a watch.

    I would rather like a slimmer one with no camera and video conf.. try to make the slimmest phone watch with decent battery life

  • http://www.k5live.com likeabite

    I’m with you Rich Ward…this is the shiiiit

  • TRV$

    why not vid conference i ask? IT’S A SPY WATCH! It HAS to have a vid camera! How else is HQ gonna know that Baron VonFurstenBurgener is Illegally smuggling Tequila cheese from Mexico into Sweden! Sheesh! it’s obvious to anyone with a Red Ranger Secret Decoder Ring!! C’mon fella’s lets go stick our tongue’s to the frozen flag pole. I double Dog Dare ya!

  • TRV$

    ….and yes, I’d wear one. Smooth-inosity all the way.

  • marino

    the only way i would get this is if it was 3d and when u clicked on something it would pop out but its still pretty nice and slick

  • Young Veyron

    I’m going to feel like Bond with this gadget!

  • Ben

    I understand the next watch they make will include real time full color hologram and offer teleportation if you have a WiFi hotspot near

  • Pythagoras

    Does it have blu-ray and is it slot loading?

  • Joki

    Lmao @ TRV$ and Ben :D

  • liutszho

    Power rangers!!!

  • Simplify

    What about the long-term impact of electrical emissions on the nervous system of users? Let’s get a reading on the level of electrical emissions before we say this is a good idea.

    http://www.waisbrenclinic.com/electrical-als.html

  • http://informationweek.com Marin

    Am I the only one who thinks this is a lame device? I keep seeing all this love for it, but I don’t want an effing watch phone, or a watch. I want to be able to easily text, surf the web, and do all types of crazy crap with my phone. Plus, you’d still have to charge your watch every night.

  • Toby

    Any idea if this will use “minutes” or “data” time for videoconferencing? And what if any carriers would pick it up?

  • Will

    It’s pretty cool and all that, but can it play Crysis?

  • http://IDK CHALLENER

    THIS WATCH IS PRETTY BAD BUT THE QUESTION IS… WILL IT GO WITH MA SWAGG

  • Heston

    This watch is great, that is, if you want to kiss goodbye all the features of your iphone. (But thats what ipods are for) It would be cool at a party to just lift up your arm and say who you want to call in front of your buddies.

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