Is this the missing feature that’s prevented watchphones from really catching on? While their tiny displays make using a touchscreen interface kind of a pain, I don’t think the addition of a numeric keypad on the wriststrap is going to sway the majority of cellphone users. Particularly since handsets seem to be moving towards considerably more capable units that do far more than just make phone calls. But if you are just looking for a compact and basic phone, the current crop of watchphones aren’t a bad alternative.
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Globwon Electronics is making available to overseas purchasers a new Chinese watch phone. It is called the Globwon ZTC-F1 and you’ll find it pricing around $225.

The Globwon ZTC-F1 is a quad-band, mobile phone which supports Bluetooth for hands-free calling and includes an integrated 1.3-megapixel digital camera. It’s also got FM radio capability and comes with a 1GB memory card.
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In case you want to keep the photosof your loved ones always near you, the best way is to buy a watch that works as a digital album, also known as a digital photo watch.
Brookstone has added this “new kind” of watch to their catalog, that has a memory to hold 60 photos, and 2 viewing modes: slideshow, or one by one. The USB connection has 2 purposes: to rechargeable the watch (which takes 8 hours for a full charge) and to transfer content from/to the watch.
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A guy named Dave Jones has created some seriously geeky scientific calculator wrist watch. The watch was built from standard off the shelf components and can perform a variety of RPN/Algebraic scientific functions.The project started because of David breaking his own Casio CFX-400 series scientific calculator watch after using it for 10 years. He just couldn’t live with out it. Unfortunately these type of calculator watches have been unavailable for 20 or so years with the latest only performing the basic 4 functions.
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This mobile phone watch actually looks like it might be good to wear. Most of the other mobile phone watches just look a little chunky and awkward.This particular model has a 1.3 inch display which is capable of showing 260k colours. The screen is also touch screen. On the communications side the radio is a quad-band GSM which allows it to work in most countries. Also Bluetooth is built in allowing you to use a headset for answering and making calls. The watch has quite a good standby time too at 240 hours, with 300 minutes of talk time. Storage for music and video is on the 1Gb of built in memory. Files can be transferred via USB to and from your PC.
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