LG Watch Phone clears FCC
The story this week is that the wacky LG Watch Phone from CES has cleared the Federal Communications Commission. That's right, the feds have given their approval to one of this year's conversation piece products. Of course, the conversation we have is, "Why would you buy this?" Also in FCC land, the Nokia E55 and E72 passed the test and we discovered an Alcatel phone called the Miss Sixty A. No, we don't get it either.
Because the FCC has to certify every phone sold in the United States, not to mention test its SAR rating, the agency's online database offers a lot of sneak peeks to those who dig. And to save you the trouble, Crave has combed through the database for you. Here are a selection of filings from the past week on new and upcoming cell phones. Click through to read the full report.
LG GD910 Watch Phone
(Credit: Nicole Lee/CNET)
Alcatel Miss Sixty A
Alcatel OT-303A
Haeir HC-C2070
Huawei G5730
LG BL40
LG BG190a
LG GW525f
LG GD910 Watch Phone
Motorola
Motorola
Nokia E55
Nokia E72
Pantech P7000
Samsung GT-M328W
Samsung GT-S3100
Samsung GT-S7350i
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Seriously, though, is it really that bad, or is it just that its functionality is limited? I know folks (and you and your colleagues in particular) expect a LOT from a phone in this day and age, but geez, if the thing can make a half-way decent phone call AND do so effectively from one's wrist, how bad can it be?
Except it's not Sony so clearly Daniel Craig will never don one ;] ... prob Sony will make one now, however
Bluetooth is what gives my PS3 & Wii controllers wireless connectivity, so I for one think that Bluetooth IS cool :)
finally someone who sees that. god i hear people saying "lemme just turn on my blurtooth" i wanna punch them haha
Cellphone watch hybrid is another gimmick. Considering how small it is LG would either charge a lot of money for high capacity battery to be able to actually make more than one phone call or it would be good for people who rarely use cell phone functionality. Either way there will be a premium for the form factor
http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10287438-1.html?tag=mncol;title
- by prince_f_swords July 21, 2009 10:21 AM PDT
- Please don't buy the LG Watch phone, coz i bought one from asia and it died after its first call.
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i inserted the sim and turned it ON, screen lit up the LG logo and then comes the home screen and i am thinking 'Cool'. Then i tried to call myself from another cell and guess what the 007 ring-tone starts and I am on seventh cloud. we tested the voice for some time and everything was damn cool. But then we disconnected the call and a timer appeared " This message will be destroyed in 5 4 3 2 POOF!