CES ‘09: LG GD910 3G Watch Phone
January 7, 2009 by Jayvee Fernandez
Filed under LG
Here’s a short peek into something that LG will unveil this coming CES 2009. The LG GD910 is a watch that doubles as a phone. The specs show that you can only do 2 hours of talk time, much less than the “proclaimed” industry standard so that means Lg should either be telling the truth, or talk time is really reduced to less than 2 hours. No judgments to be made yet as we haven’t seen the phone up close. But 2 hours on paper? Hmm.
The phone also has Bluetooth, and 3G connectivity. The GD910 relies heavily on voice commands since there are only three hardware menu buttons on the side of the neat little touch screen. Making calls via voice recognition shows off how the watch detects your voice and repeats the numbers you want to “dial” (Did you say 1,2,3,4,5 …. and you reply with “Yes”). You can use the voice commands to activate functions such as the music player. The three menu buttons are used to receive calls, reject or end calls and a center menu which you can hold down to display the main phone menu or the status menu to show off your signal strength, incoming messages, etc.
The built in audio seems to be loud enough, as seen from the video. The watch also supports video calls via 3G with a camera built on the front face of the device. The watch strap is made of leather and I’m assuming like all standard watches, can be interchanged with other straps if you’re allergic to leather.
i remember back in the early 80s when Casio was king. there were so many “watch versions” of things. there were watch video games watch tvs (very popular with the antenna), watch calculator and even the watch biorhythm monitor. most of them were fads that died as fast as they were rolled out of the assembly line. however, because of decline in the sales of mobile phones, there is a possibility that people are just looking for something novel, which was pretty much what boosted sales for the iphone (a phone with no buttons!). depending on the price, i might get one for myself.