Micro mobile: Wrist cellphone is launched

Las Vegas – The world’s smallest 3G-enabled phone – a mobile phone worn on the wrist – has been launched at CES. The device demonstrates 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 the mobile with the aesthetic and functional possibilities of the wristwatch. It’s a design solution many Swiss 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 quite a 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 tribe of cross-culture workers we’ve dubbed the Bleisure generation.