OK. If this is real — and there is some indication that it is — then we’ve got ourselves a genuine breakthrough. We reported that TAG is making a phone, but we had no idea that it would be a damn watch phone. TAG Heuer has pretty much gone the sports route, offering quartz pieces to unsuspecting rubes. However, if this phone/watch comes to fruition, they’ll have a hit on their hands.
Keep in mind that these are just mock-ups and there is no indication of how thick this thing is. The UI looks fairly basic — a crown for scrolling through selections along with an MP3 player mode. My question is this, however — how the heck did that stuff all that garbage into there and how do you talk into it. Dick Tracy, here we come.
First mockup images of Tag Heuer Mobile Phone [LuxuryLaunches]
Yikes! Have there been any updates since January (when the original story was posted)?
Apparently this is the final official design. They confirmed it was happening last week and these are UI images.
It could be similar to the Sony Ericsson Bluetooth phone watch, which uses the bluetooth to make the call via the phone in your pocket.
Also, it might have similar technology to the MP3 watch you can get here: http://www.ntrensound.com/product/0001.html
I have one of these and they’re very good. The MP3s are loaded on to it via the USB connector on the end of the watch strap (whic halso charges the watch) and audio is sent over the bluetooth connection to a pair of stereo bluetooth headphones. Very cool. It records audio with a little Dick Tracey mic on the front too. Nice
So, I wonder if this TAG watch is some kind of amalgamation of these technologies?
Looks nice! ;)
I am looking forward to this,
I very much doubt that is the final design. There has been no such official confirmation , or if there has, please tell me where.