The world’s smallest 3G-enabled phone – a mobile phone worn on the wrist – has just been launched at CES in Las Vegas.
The device is meant to demonstrate that people may no longer need both a wristwatch and a mobile phone in their pocket, but could instead opt for a hybrid solution that combines the functionality of a mobile phone with the aesthetic and functional possibilities of the wristwatch.
It’s a design solution many manufacturers are now working on, as consumers in their 20s forsake wristwatches for the digital display on their mobiles.
The GD910 wrist phone by LG goes a good way towards this solution, with a product that features a tiny touchscreen that also allows for video telephony.
Aside for budding spies and James Bond types, the highly functional watch is yet another design likely to appeal to a growing mass of cross-culture workers dubbed the Bleisure (the blurring of the lines between business and leisure) generation.
The device is meant to demonstrate that people may no longer need both a wristwatch and a mobile phone in their pocket, but could instead opt for a hybrid solution that combines the functionality of a mobile phone with the aesthetic and functional possibilities of the wristwatch.
It’s a design solution many manufacturers are now working on, as consumers in their 20s forsake wristwatches for the digital display on their mobiles.
The GD910 wrist phone by LG goes a good way towards this solution, with a product that features a tiny touchscreen that also allows for video telephony.
Aside for budding spies and James Bond types, the highly functional watch is yet another design likely to appeal to a growing mass of cross-culture workers dubbed the Bleisure (the blurring of the lines between business and leisure) generation.
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