Orange’s Watch Phone: For Dick Tracy Wannabes









That Orange is unconvinced its latest handset will take off is more than clear. On Thursday, it started selling LG’s £500 Touchscreen Watchphone – but only from its Bond Street, London, branch, only “for a limited time only” and stock available online from September will be only “a limited number”.

It’s like a mini, touchable iPhone on your wrist, with 3G, music player and SMS, which, presumably, would be typed with only one hand. Devices director Francois Mahieu, in the release, says it’s “one of several