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The Touch Watch Phone has finally become a reality as LG Electronics showed off the phone at CES 2009. The LG Touch Watch Phone (model LG-GD910) is a follow-up to the prototype that was introduced at CES 2008 and comes with several advances including a full touch-screen interface, 3G capabilities, and video calling.

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Features of the LG-GD910 include the following:

  • watchphone2 Curved tempered glass face
  • High quality metal casing
  • Measures 13.9 mm thick
  • First touch watch phone to feature 7.2 Mbps 3G HSDPA support
  • Built-in camera
  • Send text messages, make phone calls, and look up the time
  • 1.43 inch display
  • Voice recognition features
  • Text to speech capabilities allows the watch to read text messages and other information out load
  • Stereo Bluetooth support
  • Built-in speaker
  • Phonebook and scheduler

The LG Touch Watch Phone will go on sale in Europe at some point this year – no word on price. Here are some (rather poor) stills taken at the Digital Experience held at CES 2009 last week. Enjoy!

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