Friday, July 24, 2009

Samsung teases wrists with GT-S1100 watch at MWC


Remember what LG did at CES last year? Those crafty sons of guns showed off a shockingly decent-looking concept watch phone that ended up seeing a production announcement exactly one year later. Not to be outdone by its crosstown rival, Samsung came to MWC this year with a timeline showing its nearly decade-long history of designing and selling watch phones -- and interestingly, the rightmost entry in the timeline was dated "2009." We couldnt get any solid information on the GT-S1100, but like LGs GD910, the device features a full touchscreen, Bluetooth, and a speakerphone (probably a good thing for a phone you cant put up to your ear without getting a lot of odd looks). Course, in all likelihood, this is just another chapter in the book of Samsung heartbreak -- itll either never see production or get released by precisely one carrier in precisely one country, then promptly fade into oblivion -- but its looking awfully production-friendly. Same time, same place next year, Sammy -- just make sure you guys bring something more than a dummy behind a glass case this time, k?