For the half dozen or so folks actively seeking a run-of-the-mill watch phone to completely destroy any chance of landing new pals (let alone a SO) while out on the town, you've got a
surprising amount of
choices. Still, you'd be hard-pressed to find one as gaudy, yet curiously sleek as the Cool G108. Boasting what appears to be an electroluminescent keypad (is that a rotary dial design we see?) and a convenient flip-up screen, this watch / cellphone mishmash also features quad-band GSM / GPRS support, a 1.5-inch (160 x 128) internal display, 1.3-megapixel camera, multimedia player, Bluetooth, 0.5MB (generous, we know) of built-in memory and a MMS expansion slot in case you need more than a single
Duran Duran track on your wrist. You'll also find USB connectivity and a smallish external display, and while pricing remains a mystery, there's loads more pics waiting in the read link below.
posted Apr 8th 2008 6:33PM
looks like a motorola keypad imo (the laser cut design especially)
it's the ace of spades! the ace of spades!
Agree. Those Schmucks at Motorola should have released a watch phone like 5 years ago. Maybe a product line like this would have saved their sorry azzes. They (and that techless head honcho) are like "school in summer", NO CLASS!
haha Frankenstein, I like the Scrubs reference.
The "watch" looks a bit big. Just a bit big.
I somehow feel that technology needs this to move forward, at a snails pace albeit
this is also called the "UFO" watch... it is only $249 here: http://www.chinagrabber.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=1566
Watches don't need to be functional anymore. Everyone has the time on their cellphone. Rich people only use watches to accessorize and flaunt their bling.
Poor people do so too :)
Wrong. I need my watch to be functional. Sometimes I don't carry my cellphone with me, watch is always with me. Watch is much faster to look at than cellphone. I use the stopwatch and timer functios often, a phone will never be as practical as an actual watch. Heck, some phones don't even include these functions (or just stopwatch with no timer).
"a phone will never be as practical as an actual watch"
In the meantime, I have an 8Gb microSD card shoved into my Rolex, running Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro, and voice activated dialing.
Oh it also comes with a bluetooth headset that will read me the time update from every 4 hours to every minute depending on the setting.
I never get my phone out to check the time or nowt like that. My watch is sexier, and easier to use.
My HTC kaiser doesn't have a 1/1000 second stopwatch, two timezones (at once), a second hand, functional timer, or a thermometer. Besides, if I pull out my phone at a meeting to read the date, I would get some funny looks...
Where's the hole to stick my finger in?
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No, I don't want to hear any jokes except rotary phone ones.
OK, let's try:
Where's the hole to stick my finger in? My rotary phone made my finger numb and I can't feel your *** anymore.
What better way to get your nerd on with a bit of nerd bling....
Battery life?????......Doesn't seem promising unless theres a solar panel somewhere on there I can't see
I hate to break it to you mkeough23, but it never seemed promising.
Never a better way to get your ass kicked for being a super nerd, either.
I guess were now closer to making a Dick Tracy like wrist watch. Finally, my childhood dream can come true...all i need now is a laser gun, flying car, and robotic dog to complete my superhero ensemble.
I kind of like it...
even though it has a very nostalgic feel of a women's compact or a birth control pill case
I like the geeky factor.
talk about misplaced nostalgia!
Wearing this watch IS birth control.
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Ironic, no?
Get used to it. ;)
Ok, well all of them except this one.
@LR:
looks like you're wrong!
Samsung cell phone UI anyone ?
Didn't Maxwell Smart have his phone in his shoe?
This doubles (or shall I say triples) as a shoe also
0.5mbs? A friggin floppy could hold more.
And a floppy disc (especially the older 5" ones) look a hell of a lot cooler strapped to your wrist than this does.
A friggin floppy would feel a bit awkward on your wrist, tho..
My floppy can ;)
=D
Cool kids wear floppies on their wrist and NES controllers on their belts.
Get with the trends man!
@darklight
that's what she didn't say
Nah.. 8" floppies are where it's at.
That was frikin funny!
Where is the photo of this big-a@@ watch on someone's wrist?
Flipped through 5 pages, pffft, nothing.
EXTRA BIG ASS FRIES
sorry, i realize no one has watched Idiocracy.
"But you didn't give me no fries, alls I got was an empty box!!"
I just watched it yesterday. :D
Never a better way to get your ass kicked for being a super nerd, either.
This http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.11948 and http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.10632 seem more practical and have better features supposedly.
I kinda like the second one
However, I'd be a bit wary of shopping in a place that is a proud reseller of the 5-star rated iFone and has free EMS shipping for anything you buy with the HiPhone...
Dealextreme is actually a fairly reputable seller. I bought a flashlight from 'em, and when it didn't work, I just e-mailed them and they sent another for free (and i got to keep the old one!)
nice avatar.
thats all..
dude, put touch flo on the black one, perfect.
yes but can it play doom?
(it had to be said)
yes, ben, i feel your pain.
i also feel this gem from your posting history:
MacBook Air reviewed... as a Windows machine {Engadget}
Mar 21st 2008 12:21AM i dont like mac cuz well no good games = no good fun
and yall best get your stereo types straight
mac is for "hip" kids who write crappy music and stuff
windows lindows linux and unix are for nerds gamers dorks and geeks all any self respecty person that i just described that likes mac is a dumba$$
and how many cool or "hip" Kids play D&D
Regarding the title, maxwell smart's phone was in his shoe. This is more like Dick Tracy with his radio watch.
hey, i need way more than .5MB to store a Duran Duran song, 'course it's a 24 minute long remix of The Reflex....;)
I like this alot. Looks cool. Finally, someone has come up with an all in one gadget that goes on the arm to replace a watch that I wear anyway. Whew. Thanks!! All of you who are posting negative comments are just responding (like sheeple do) to the OP's opinionated post which is quite negative. Get a brain yourself!