LG-GD910 3G Wrist Phone

Just when you thought that only third-rate hardware manufacturers of weird gizmos would come up with watch phones, along comes a giant like LG to reveal their LG-GD910 - touted to be the first 3G HSDPA watch phone in the world. This model allows you to hold a video call over your wrist, while you get to play around with a 1.43" color touchscreen LCD display, coupled with MP3 playback and Text-To-Speech capability for easier "reading" of text messages when they arrive in your inbox. The LG-GD910 will target both Korean and European markets, and we'll definitely try to get a closer look at it next month at CES 2009 in Las Vegas. Watch this space!

LG-GD910 3G Watch Phone LG-GD910 wristwatch phone to debut at CES 2009 for left, and for right -->
LG isn’t known to produce phones with rather quirky and unfamiliar form factors. However, this is about to change, as the company is set to debut its very first 3G-enabled wrist phone, in the form of the LG-GD910. It’s a phone with a twist that fits on your wrist.
The LG-GD910 might not look like much, but it’s a fully functional mobile phone that even supports video calls. It will be officially unveiled in public on January at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2009. It is expected to be made available in Europe initially.

Photos: LG Watch PhoneThe LG Watch Phone is one of the first marvels we've seen here at CES. It has a touch-screen user interface, stereo Bluetooth, a speakerphone, a built-in music player, and a not-at-all-unattractive design, with tempered glass and metal casing. Here are the first few shots of the LG GD910 Watch Phone We first saw the LG Watch Phone last year at CES 2008, but it was behind glass and no one was allowed to really see how it all worked. This year, however, LG plans to break it out of the display case. At the LG press conference a few minutes ago, they demonstrated a real working prototype of the watch phone and it looks to be a real must-have for the spy wannabe in your life. It has a touch-screen user interface (!), three side-mounted buttons, Bluetooth, a speakerphone, and even a full-blown music player. It's water resistant, and it'll feature 3G HSDPA, which leads us to think it may come to AT&T some time this year.
UPDATE: We've just got more details about the watch phone. It has tempered glass, a high-quality metal casing, and is around 13.9mm thick. The touch screen itself is 1.43 inches diagonally, and features LG's Flash interface. Features include voice recognition, Text to Speech so it can read out text messages, and stereo Bluetooth. However, the huge disappointment is that the watch phone will be Europe-only (insert sad face here). We think it may still be compatible with local GSM networks, but only time will tell (apologies for the bad pun).
UPDATE 2: More updates on the Watch Phone. LG has just told us that the Watch Phone will have quad-band GSM, and that the 3G/HSDPA will be compatible with AT&T's frequency. So even if it is Europe-only, you could potentially get one unlocked and use it here. We'll see if we can get more news about pricing and availability.