Quad-band watch phone rolls on Windows CE 5.0
Ready for some honesty? We can think of a good handful of timepieces that we'd buy before we dropped $629.95 on this catastrophe, but for folks with pants too slim and hands too full to carry around a separate cellphone, we suppose it's a so-so alternative. The EGP-WP98 claims to be the first quad-band GSM watch phone to come with Windows CE 5.0 installed, and while it's supposed to tout a SIM card slot, water-resistance, a 266MHz CPU and a 1.45-inch display with handwriting recognition (for real?), that little line informing us that specifications are "subject to change without notice" makes us a touch leery. Nevertheless, you can also expect (though you may not get) a 1.3-megapixel camera, WiFi, a T-Flash expansion slot, multimedia player and built-in Bluetooth. According to one particular e-tailer, it'll be ready to ship on April 25th -- whether or not anyone's fat-fingered enough to push an order through, however, remains to be seen.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
lewson @ Apr 15th 2008 7:08PM
Cool.
packetsniffer @ Apr 15th 2008 8:23PM
Except this thing obviously isn't real. Engadget really ought to have noticed.
Adam @ Apr 15th 2008 9:24PM
this is TOTALLY LEGIT. for sure
OneLove @ Apr 16th 2008 11:37AM
...and fugly! its made for Italian gigolos.
Lisa L @ Apr 18th 2008 3:14PM
Here are some other tri-band and quad band wristwatch cell phones http://www.chinagrabber.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWCATS&Category=198
SexyKunt @ Apr 15th 2008 7:09PM
Boo Yah!
Zelatio @ Apr 15th 2008 7:18PM
At the top of the watch were it connects to the band it looks like there is a camera. Too bad you will look like a complete dork trying to take a picture of anything, sticking your arm out in front of you. Try it, you'll see what I mean.
TIMMAH! @ Apr 15th 2008 7:21PM
I'll bet they don't show it from the side because it's like 2 inches thick...
john romero iv @ Apr 15th 2008 7:26PM
why do you feel the need to call this a 'catastrophe' ? i mean, honestly--where's the love around here for fun, new gadgets from a blog that supposedly keeps an eye on these sorts of things? oh yeah. praise all things apple, and shun almost everything else.
andres @ Apr 15th 2008 7:43PM
A. this is a blog
B. this is engadget
Nohone @ Apr 15th 2008 8:21PM
Uh-oh, be careful, or Ryan may stop by and scold you for whining.
tojfs7931 @ Apr 15th 2008 7:33PM
Aren't like cell phones supposed to be bad for us if we hold them up to our heads for a long time? Now they want us to wear one as a watch??!!! Thats just crazy talk!
TimeyWimeyStuff @ Apr 15th 2008 7:38PM
A watch that crashes?
Lein @ Apr 15th 2008 7:40PM
Yeah totally hahah stupid microsoft with their shitty WINDOZE, using their deceptive marketing and monopolistic powers to force their way into every device we can possibly touch.
:rolleyes:
ethana2 @ Apr 15th 2008 10:11PM
How much without the OS license? Looks like it may be worth something...
LJKelley @ Apr 15th 2008 7:38PM
Actually this watch is very James Bond... taking pictures from your watch, using Bluetooth/WiFi to transfer them.
Not that I'm getting one... too expensive and my phone is much better albeit larger.
King Mook Mook @ Apr 15th 2008 7:41PM
Yes, yes but does it play crysis?
TimeyWimeyStuff @ Apr 15th 2008 7:45PM
No, but its a sign of a Mid Life Crisis..
Mike D @ Apr 15th 2008 8:32PM
no but with those specs you can bet your ass somebody will add doom
3r1c @ Apr 15th 2008 7:50PM
okay, 1.45-inch display with handwriting recognition
hmmm.... let's see, i could fit about 3 words. AMAZING!
CharlieX @ Apr 15th 2008 8:17PM
Do they? Well go f*ck yourself then.
mark @ Apr 15th 2008 8:27PM
Better Idea: cell phone in a bluetooth headset form factor. Go ahead and get rich.
Sam @ Apr 15th 2008 8:30PM
Why Wifi?
josh @ Apr 15th 2008 10:07PM
Theres no way something that sounds that awesome looks that crappy. I'm calling fake on this one.
Ed @ Apr 15th 2008 10:18PM
Quad Band? My watch only has one band, and it's cheap rubber.
linuxamp @ Apr 15th 2008 11:51PM
I read this page, the source page and their source page (originally from crunchgear http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/15/alligator-skinned-windows-mobile-wrist-watch/) and none of them state the manufacturer. Don't you think if a company was able to get all this in a watch they'd want to make sure their name is mentioned in all the press releases? I call fake.
cuneiform @ Apr 16th 2008 1:03AM
The manufacturer is Epoq.
james @ Apr 16th 2008 8:09AM
Its cool because it has the James Bond affect but I guess I would require bluetooth and voice dialing and that to work flawless before I'd buy it.
Emjoi @ Apr 15th 2008 9:37PM
And a laser. You can't cut through your chains and escape Goldfingers lair without a laser.
Tytus @ Apr 16th 2008 9:23AM
Seriously, why is EG poopooing this? I think its the best thing since sliced bread. Whats bad about this? i think its brilliant, I want one badly! (or is it just skepticism that it will work/ship?)
somebody @ Apr 29th 2008 5:43PM
this is only a prototype I think..