LG shows at the CES 2008 a very cool wrist phone concept with a very innovative user interface.

A bar on the bottom of the watch casing is used to interact with the watch phone. The bar actually has three buttons. The user interface relates smartly to these three buttons and typing a phone number is looks not only efficient, but also very cool.

Garmin announces a new GPS-enabled fitness watch at the CES 2008.

With the Forerunner 405, runners can track their speed, distance, heart rate and location accurately and effortlessly, and the revolutionary patent-pending touch bezel on the face of the watch makes navigating the options easier than ever. Simply by tapping, holding or running a finger along the bezel, runners can begin a new workout, access their training history or challenge a Virtual Partner. The Forerunner 405 makes training with a Virtual Partner easy and efficient. Runners can adjust the Virtual Partner’s pace without stopping in the middle of a workout, and the Virtual Partner is always on and ready for a challenge.

Jules Jurgensen made an extreme diving watch that is affordable too. This watch can withstand water pressure exerted on its frame when submerged down to a depth of 3,000 feet.

This diving watch from Jules Jurgensen uses washers and O-ring gaskets between the case and back to provide the tightest seal available.
The 4 mm faceplate is made of the hardest mineral crystal available, 570 on the Vickers scale, and it is twice as thick as the 2 mm faceplates used in other watches; it is sealed and bonded to the case, eliminating any gaps between components.

We reported about the new E Ink electronic paper wristwatch from Phosphor last week. Our parent site I4U NEWS has got their hands on a Phosphor E Ink Ana-Digi Watch and tested it.

The unique $250 epaper watch offers great flexibility in changing the look of the dial. There are approximately ten different user-selectable modes for the watch. Each mode changes the layout of the watch face and color. Some of the options for layout feature numbers for the analog style face all around, some feature only quarter hour numbers marked while some have no marking on the watch face at all.

Art Technology Ltd. announces the launch of the Phosphor E Ink watch line that uses E Ink's electronic paper technology.

The Phosphor E Ink watches feature as dial the E Ink Vizplex electronic paper display, giving you flexibility on how the dial should look like.
You can choose from the precise detail of full numerals and indices to the simplicity of no markings all. With a push of a button, the display can also switch from a traditional white background to a stylish black background to suit any style or occasion. Dual time zone capability allows the analog hands to show one time zone while the digital display shows another.

We already reported about the upcoming new MB&F Horological Machine No.2 a couple days ago. Now Maximilian Büsser & Friends informed us that they updated their site with all the details and images of the Horological Machine No.2.
In 2006 MB&F introduced the Horological Machine No.1 with two dials. Over 25 HM1 have found their owners world-wide.

MB&F introduces the Horological Machine No.2, a very unique time piece to say the least.

In 2006 MB&F introduced the Horological Machine No.1 with two dials. The new Horological Machine No.2, also features two dials, but a more dramatic design.

Citizen announced a new generation of their Bluetooth wrist watch line. Compared the first Citizen Bluetooth Virt watch the company launched in 2006, the new ones are very compact and look like a normal LCD watch. Early this year Citizen introduced a slightly updated model, but that one also still had a very small screen.

I4U News has a report from a user that already has his hands on the new and very cool Hyundai W-100 GSM wristphone we reported about last week.

The reception of the triband GSM wrist phone is supposed excellent. The sound quality via the Bluetooth headphone is also supposed to be great.

Maybe some of you remember the Casio Camera Watches (WQV series). A new GSM Wrist phone brings back the camera function with a 1.3MP from Hyundai. The Hyundai W-100 branded wrist phone that we already reported about under the name CECT Wristphone.
Back then we did not have any specification and did not see that this Wrist Phone also has a camera integrated.

Australian SMS Technology announces a special incentive deal for their past and future customers of the M500 wristphone.
As reported there have been many delays and SMS Technology wants to say thank you for the patience of their customers with special discounts on the new wrist phone SMS Technology is planning for 2008.

For Internet orders placed on or before June 30th 2007, SMS Technology grants you a free upgrade on next model which will be released April 2008. Upon the release of the new model, each customer who qualifies above will automatically be given a free unit including shipping at our expense.

Swiss watch maker Hublot introduces the Mag Bang, the first watch that has the case and the movement made from the same alloy material.

Hublot manufactures all pieces of the Mag Bang in-house. Their special alloy is of course called Hublonium.
Hublonium is made by fusing magnesium and aluminum, among other things. Aim is to shed weight, while remaining robust, flexible and functional.