GSM Watch Phone Revealed on FCC Filing

 

From the FCC filing, we can determine the following:

 
- The device was tested on the GSM-1900 band, but the manual claims it will work on GSM 900, 1800 and 1900 frequency bands. That means it won’t work with the GSM 850 frequency band that is used on many US networks. They use the GSM 1900 band as well; this phone just wouldn’t get coverage in the countryside, where they sue GSM 850 for the extra range it provides.

 

- It has a touch sensitive screen and comes with a stylus.

 
- The dimensions are 53.9mm (2.12 inches by 44mm (1.7 inches) by 16.3mm (0.64 inches). That’s a little on the chunky side, but smaller than some of the other watch cell phones we’ve seen.  

 
- There is no microphone or speaker built into the phone itself, but it comes with a wired headset that plugs into the watch phone.

 
- It includes a Bluetooth connection, so you can use it with a Bluetooth headset.

 
- It has a Mini USB connector, so it can be connected to a PC. The charger plugs into the same minu USB port, so hopefully it can be charged from a PC too.

 
- It has an internal 400MAh battery that takes 4-6 hours to charge, and they claim a talk time of “up to 120 minutes”. That’s two hours; not that long. Claimed standby is 100 hours.

 
- The rough version of the manual that was included with the FCC filing says it includes a calendar, memo and to-do application.

 
- It also has a multimedia player which can play back audio and video.

 

The watch phone itself looks like a slightly oversized digital watch. They've done the testing that shows it passes the FCC limits for how much radiation it blasts your bones with, but I'm not sure how I feel about putting a cell phone right next to one of the most important joints in my body...