My new cellphone wrist watch

I have been scouring Craigslist NYC’s Electronics posting for a while searching for this bad boy,  and I finally got it this past weekend thanks to a Taiwanese woman living in Queens hah! It’s a tri-band cellphone watch with a builtin video camera, touchscreen OS,  stereo Bluetooth, and a lot more.  I popped in a spare AT&T SIM card and was up and running making calls, getting Twitter texts,  snapping pics/vids, and playing music in no time.  It’s pretty crazy to imagine so much capability riding around on your wrist.   Here’s the feature list:

• GSM Compatibility: 900MHz, 1800MHz, 1900MHz
• Screen: 1.3 inch TFT LCD Touchscreen
• Screen Palette : 260,000 Colors
• Bluetooth Profiles: Handsfree and Headset and A2DP (listen to music over Bluetooth!)
• Multimedia:
  - Camera: Still 1.3mp
  - Movie Formats: MPEG4 (AVI), 3GP with audio
  - Music Sound Formats: MP3, WMA, WAV, AMR
• Cell Phone Menu: Phonebook, Messages, Call History, Settings, Multimedia, Games, Profiles, Organizer, Services
• Support for GPRS and WAP
• Micro SD card up to 2 GB (1GB included)

Bluetooth Headset

• Support: Version 1.2, Class 2 (10 Meters)
• Profiles: Headset, Handsfree, A2DP
• Battery Life:
  - Talk Time: Up to 6 hrs
  - Music Play: Up to 6 hrs
  - Stand By: Up to 150 hrs
• Stylus for precise navigation
• Multimedia Features: Camera, Image Viewer, Video Recorder, Video Player, Photo Editor, Audio Player, Sound Recorder, File Manager
• Organizer Features: Calendar, To Do List, Alarm, Calculator, Unit Converter, Currency Converter, World Clock
• Games
• Stopwatch

Here’s a video review I found on YouTube:

DigitalLife Summer Press Preview 2008

DigitalLife’s Summer Press Preview 2008 is later this week in NYC.  Expect a horde of bloggers flashing cameras and scooping up freebies while pushing through an overcrowded Roosevelt Hotel lobby in search of that one cocktail that makes it all worthwhile.  Sound like a nightmare?  Well it’s not,  the number of new gizmos and exhibitors is supposed to be way up this year,  meaning more gadget-gropes and seductive promoter girls/boys than ever.   This Thursday evening at the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown New York,  Press Only.

Of course the main DigitalLife Expo 2008 is in the fall (Sept 25-28) at the Jacob Javits Center on the west side and is open to the public.

Link goes to DigitalLife

Hands on with the Pantech Duo 3G

The guys at AT&T just got the new Pantech Duo in stock.  It’s much smaller than I imagined and makes the Helio Ocean look like a Newton.  The keyboard feels great and the slide action is smooth.  Just wish it had WM6 Pro instead of Standard, but otherwise this baby’s rockin’ 3G data, decent camera, and all the Exchange Push Mail you can eat.  $249 with two-year indentured servitude.

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