Do you fancy owning and flaunting the latest gadget? What if the hottest model can be worn around your wrist? Not just that, you can make calls, receive messages and even click photos. Looks like mobile phones have a competition in wristwatch mobile.
New models launched by Burg in the range of `9,000 to `24,000, these wrist mobiles offer users all the features of a mobile phone — making and receiving phone calls, Internet connection, through WAP 1.2.1, MP3/MP4 Player, front facing camera, video and audio recorder, Bluetooth etc.
Sony too has launched its Smart Watch through which one can control the android smartphone. It is a wearable device that extends the power of users android smartphones by sending information directly to the wrist. The smart watch has a 1.3 inch OLED display and allows users to send and read texts and emails as well as receive Facebook and Twitter updates all while the smartphone lies in the pocket.
So, will mobiles become a thing of the past soon?
K. Raghavan, IT professional says, “I think the day is not far off when we need a taste of tech in all that we wear, do and experience in life. The phone watch has caught my attention too, and honestly, it would be one more way of getting sucked into the connected world. Whether you benefit from it or wear it for the coolness factor is another question. I would personally want my watch in a cellphone rather than a cellphone in my watch.”
There are some who’d rather keep watch and cellphones apart. Aruna Ravekumar, MA student, asks, “Watches have become more like a decorative accessory than utility. It’s silly to have a watch for text messages. This phone-cum-watch may be of use to James Bond but not us.”
Naushad Ahmed, senior software engineer, agrees with Aruna and says, “It’s very complicated. A wristwatch should remain one and cellphone should be like a phone. It’s not easy to talk with a wrist phone. You might have to buy some more gadgets to make it easy, e.g. Bluetooth ear plug as you can’t always bring your wrist to your mouth to talk.”