Reliance launches wearable phone

[Ashokjp 15]

Techtree News - February 19, 2004

Reliance India has added a new model to its existing line up of CDMA handsets. The Telson TWC-1150 s ports an innovative design and can be worn around your wrist like a watch. It has a 256 color display, unlike 4096 colors found in most color display handsets, and supports features like Photo Caller ID, wireless earpiece, speaker phone, planner etc. The complete specifications can be obtained from Telson's Web site.

The customer can opt for this gizmo by paying a hefty sum of Rs. 23,900. If the customer goes for the Reliance prepaid scheme, he is entitled to 20 free RIM prepaid recharge vouchers with a net value of Rs. 6,480 along with this phone. The vouchers are valid for a period six months, which is in tune with Reliance's existing prepaid tariff structure. This model is also available with their postpaid billings schemes.

With the launch of this handset, don't be surprised if Reliance comes out with a new slogan - 'Peheno Duniya Kalaai Pe'.

[Ashokjp 15]

User Friendly Feautures

- Wearable Style

- Speaker Phone

- Window Style Color Graphic UI

LCD Display

- 256 Color LCD

- Resolution : 128 X 112 pixels

- 8 Lines (Icon/Soft 1 line, Text 6 lines)

Unique Feautures

- IrDA Voice & Data Communication

- Finger Ring Receiver

- My Menu ( Direct Access to The Favorite Menus through Shortcut )

- Embedded Color Games

- Digital Camera Photo

- Photo Mailing(Dependent on the network)

- Photo Idle Image & Screen Saver

General Function

- Vibration/Sound, Volume Control, Alert. Mybell Storage Box

- Decoration : Idle Screen, Picture, Received Picture, Screen Brightness Control,

------------- Character Setting----------------------

- Calling Time, Internet Time, Information of Memory Status

- Saving Power Mode, Voice Recognition, Auto Reply Function

- Password Change, Number Plus, Call Restriction, NAM Setting, Software Version

- Check, Phone Initiation

- Calculator, World Time, Stopwatch, Replay of Recording

- Schedule Management, Alarm, Memo Edit

- Address Saving : 200

- Group Edit : 20

- Speed Dialing : 100

- Voice Numbering Edit : 100

- Luxurious Accessories

Call Function

- Caller ID display

- Three way calling

- Call Waiting

- Call Forwarding

Various Function

- Value Added Service ( WAP 1.1, UTK, U-IMAP, SMS MO/MT )

- 16 Poly Midi Sound

- Speaker Phone

- 7 Color Alerting Lamp

- 330K External Camera

- IrDA Communication

- Voice Recording

- Luxurious Accessories

: IrDA Receiver, Finger Ring Ear Receiver, Ear Jack Receiver, Aluminum Accessory Case

Specification

- Mode : CDMA Single Model (IS95 A/B, cdma2000 1X)

- Frequency : 800MHz

- Dimension(With Battery) : 71(L) X 36.2(W) X 14.95mm(H)

- Weight(With Battery) : 98g(Standard Battery)

- Battery Capacity : Li-ion 600mAh

- Standby Time: 150hrs(Standard Battery)

- Talk time: Around 100min(Standard Battery)

- Color : Metal Silver, Blue Silver

[sunil_jok 2]

here is some more info bout the phone, i mean details of its use.

and here is the link from where i got it

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/articleshow/527593.cms

Now, watch, click and speak

KALPANA SHAH

TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ MONDAY, MARCH 01, 2004 01:28:21 AM ]

BANGALORE: This is the era of the Indian James Bond. A first-of-its-kind triple combo of wristwatch, camera and cellphone has been quietly launched in India first. The device will hit the US and Korean markets only in late March.

Called Telson TWC 1150, this designer phone has been brought to India by Reliance Infocomm . It is being exclusively marketed in select Webworld stores and only in select cities.

SP Shukla, head of wireless products and services, Reliance Infocomm, told The Economic Times that it was a lifestyle product that was meant to be exclusive and available only to discerning buyers who may want to make a statement by the very fact of ownership.

Priced at Rs 23,900, this 98 gm device also packs in lots of features including a speakerphone, voice recording and voice recognition capabilities.

No, you don’t need to take the watch off your wrist every time the phone rings. You have three options to listen in: one, use the instrument like a speakerphone as long as your wrist is at chest-level.

Two, use an earpiece which is infrared-enabled and thus wireless. Three, wear an aesthetic metal ring on your finger (it comes complementary!) plug a thin wire to your wristwatch, bring your finger close to the ear to listen to the caller.

Meanwhile, you can also use the plug-in high-resolution camera that is included in the handset kit. The high resolution display screen – 128 x 112 pixels – can even be used to display the photo of the caller once you’ve downloaded the picture. Name display is what those other, cheaper phones do!

The gadget supports voice dial, voice memo, call recording and answering machine functionalities. According to Shukla, Reliance Infocomm expects to sell the device in thousands, not in lakhs.

“Since India is now a big market for CDMA products, any new product that’s made for this technology cannot stay away from India. We also believe that the Indian market is ready to experiment and therefore we will introduce more interesting gadgets in the future,” he said.

The three-in-one device runs on one battery and gives talktime in line with high-end handsets.

[Arun 795]

from RelianceInfo.com

[Chirag 5]

oh finally its there on their website, but always after rimweb.com puts it up!

Freaky gadget though!

Alrite Arun, lets have a dedicated sub-forum for this one too... and maybe someday soon, we'd have one amongst all our members using it and flouting it out loud here... !

[Ashokjp 15]

Reliance Info unveils wristwatch phone

Business Standard, Mumbai : March 4, 2004

Reliance Infocomm has launched Telson TWC 1150, a wristwatch designer phone with plug-in camera from Telson Electronics of South Korea, for the first time in India.

A next-generation mobile phone with cybertic design, Telson 1150 can be worn on the wrist and is the world?s lightest CDMA2000 1x phone, the company said in a release.

Telson Electronics is expected to launch the same model in Korea within a few months.

Reliance is offering the watch phone on an outright sale basis. Priced at Rs 23,900, it is initially being launched at Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Bangalore and Hyderabad.

According to a media release, the watch phone weighs only 98 gms and has several features including speakerphone facility along with infrared ?finger-ring? type earpiece.

The battery of the phone enables talk time up to 100 minutes and standby time up to 150 hours. The phone also has a three-way calling facility for conference, call waiting and forwarding and call mute.

Reliance Infocomm has already launched around 12 handsets including a PDA handset in India. Since its commercial launch in May 2003, Reliance Infocomm, which offers wireless and wireline services across the country, has cornered six million subscribers.