Coolest gadget moment of the show so far was when the LG Electronics chief technology officer paused mid-sentence, raised a hand and spoke to his wrist.
Paik Woo-hyun was taking a call on a slim black "smart phone" watch the GD9010. The crowd of hacks was shocked.
"This is really something you'd expect to see James Bond wearing in a 007 movie," Paik said when he took the call live on stage. "It's the world's smallest watch phone."
The phone, will be available later this year, and can be used for email and other online activities. It can also be used as an MP3 player for digital music. And also tells the time.
But small Canadian company, Neutrano, is its competitor as it is also launching its WristFone which packs a lot of action into its chunky black body.
It has a touchscreen, a standard phone keypad, a speaker, a MicroSD memory card slot supporting up to 4 GB cards, and both a WAP browser and a media player on board. You can send and receive text and multimedia messages. It even has a 2-megapixel camera with video recording, a video player, and an FM radio. Phew.
Neutrano is aiming to launch in Europe and the US and price is likely to be around $250.
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