Yes.. more LG Electronics news. This time, we’re shifting our focus to that cool LG Electronics 3G Touch Watch phone that was demo’d at this year’s CES 2009. The new LG-GD910 is the world’s first “market-ready” touch watch phone with 3G video telephony (VT) service and GSM network capabilities – at least that’s what LG claims.

On the outside, the 3G Touch Watch looks like a high end watch thanks to the use of materials and elements typically found in watches from top manufacturers. The watch features a curved tempered glass face, high quality metal casing, and measures a mere 13.9 mm thick.

All this beauty hides one technological beast. You get the following specifications:

• Quad-band GSM phone
• WCDMA and HSDPA 7.2 support
• 1.43 inch QVGA 128 x 160 touch-screen display with support for 260K colors
• VGA camera
• 2GB of internal memory
• Bluetooth 2.0 support
• RF Band : 850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA 2.1GHz, 1900MHz
• Supports text messages, making phone calls, and of course telling time
• Voice recognition features
• Built-in speaker
• Flash Interface
• built-in MP3 player
• Voice calling
• Text-to-speech functionality
• Built-in phonebook and scheduler

The LG 3G Touch Watch will be coming out in Europe by the end of the year with Orange being the first to offer the phone to its customers.

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Thinking about getting a new watch for yourself or that loved one? Check out the new Tokyoflash Heko watch – a watch that will 1) surely catch someone’s attention and 2) will make you or that person wonder – “how the heck do you tell time from this thing?”

Well if you must know, I’ve attached a screenshot of the instruction manual below.

The watch is broken down into three sections. Here’s what the product page says on telling time:

“Hours are presented on the upper screen. The hours three, six, nine and twelve in the same positions as on a clock face. Hours one and two are in between, a combination of lit LEDs show the hour.

Minutes are presented on the center and lower screens. The lower screen shows zero, fifteen, thirty and forty-five minutes in the same position as on a clock face, the LEDs in between show five minutes each. The central screen presents four single minutes, a combination of lit LEDs show the minutes.”

Other features of the Heko include:

• Polished stainless steel design
• Mirrored lens finish
• Wraps around your wrist like a bracelet
• Water resistance of up to 3ATM

You can buy the Heko for $109.42 – not too bad of a price…

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Looking for that perfect outdoor watch? Check out Casio’s latest addition to the Pathfinder lineup of watches – the PAW1500-1V, otherwise known as the “Ultimate Pathfinder”. Features and specs for the PAW1500-1V include:

• 200 meter water resistant timepiece
• Tide graph and moon graph/phase indicator to help navigate the coastline
• Built-in Digital compass, Altimeter, Barometer, and Thermometer
• Low temperature resistance to accommodate cold or wet conditions
• Waveceptor Multi-Band Atomic Timekeeping Technology automatically synchronizes the watch with the Coordinated Universal Time broadcast continuously by stations linked to atomic clocks in the U.S., Germany, UK, and Japan.
• Solar Power support
• Large LCD display
• One-touch sensor button leads to direct operation of sensors
• Button guards prevent accidental operation of sensors

The PAW1500-1V is available in black resin for a price of $350. A titanium band model (PAW1500T-7V) is also available for $400 dollars.

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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.

Features of the LG-GD910 include the following:

• 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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Wish you can talk into your watch like Dick Tracy does in the comics? Turtle Wireless is working hard to fulfill that dream with the introduction of the TW801 tri-band wearable GSM mobile phone/watch to the North American market. The TW801 looks (somewhat) like a wristwatch except it has features like a touch screen display, Bluetooth capabilities, MP3/MP4 playback support, WAP/GPRS compatibility, a camera, and of course, mobile phone capabilities. There’s 512MB of internal memory on the watch but you can also slide in TransFlash memory cards for up to 2GB of additional storage space. The TW801 has a talk time of three hours and a standby time of 160 hours. With support for GSM 850/1800/1900, the TW801 will work with AT&T, and T-Mobile. Yet more importantly, the TW801 will be sold unlocked for a price of $249.00. Expect to see it starting on June 16th.

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In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Casio G-shock watch, Casio is releasing a limited edition G-shock watch called the MRG-8000G. How limited edition is the MRG-8000G you might ask? The company only plans on creating 200 of these watches and will make them available in Japan, USA, Germany, and England (that’s 200 worldwide folks!). Features of the MRG-8000G include an 18 carat gold ring, titanium bezel, and gold accents on selected metal parts of the watch. How much for this watch? A cool $4600 dollars!

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• Support for MMS, Alarm, Calculator, World time, Units Currency Converter
• Games, Calendar, Memo, Melody Compose, Call Waiting, Divert
• Supports handwriting input
• Supports hands-free talk
• Voice recorder

The TWP-800 will be available in the Latin American market starting on January 13th for less than $199.95.

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The folks at MobileWhack have published an unboxing of the Nike Amp+ product here on their website. The Nike Amp+ is a combination remote control and watch – designed to work in conjunction with the rest of the Nike+ product line. Features of the Nike Amp+ include the following:

• Durable polyurethane strap can be cut to your exact preference for natural comfortable fit
• Stainless steel custom-fit buckle
• LED displays time of day and icons for iPod nano controls when activated by the remote
• Instant voice feedback of time, distance, calories, and pace
• Power song accessed through left side buttons for quick motivation
• Raised remote buttons for easy grip and precision
• SATM water resistance

Curious to see some pictures? Check out the page now.

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Athletes looking for a more convenient way of controlling their iPods during workouts will be happy to hear that Timex has announced their new Ironman iControl “Music in Motion” watch. This advanced sports watch is capable of wirelessly controlling your Apple iPod – even iPhone’s in airplane mode.

One look at the Timex iControl and it’s clear it’s a sports oriented watch (we doubt you’d want to wear this out on a date or a night out on the town). However, if you need to go on a run or you want to take a quick swim then the iControl is perfect for those activities. The iControl wirelessly connects to your iPod using a bundled wireless receiver which attaches to the iPod’s dock connector. Once attached, the iControl can control the following iPod functions: play/pause, volume up/down, and track forward/back.

Other features of the Timex iControl include:

• 50 lap memory recall chronograph
• Training log stores your current workout with date, best lap, and average lap
• Multi-mode countdown timer
• 2 interval timers for speed and endurance training
• 3 customizable alarms for daily, weekday, and weekend settings
• INDIGLO night-light with NIGHT-MODE feature
• 3 year battery life
• 100m water resistance

The Timex Ironman iControl watch is available in combinations of gray and black, as well as pink, blue, orange, and green. The MSRP is $125.00. The watch is currently out of stock on the Timex website but it does have a ship date of 8/10.

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