未來時尚新配飾 安卓推出智能"手錶電話"
Ever since Fifties detective Dick Tracy had a two-way radio built into his watch, the watch-phone has been the stuff of geeky dreams.
據英國《每日郵報》11月29日報道，自從上世紀50年代，電影《至尊神探》中的男主人公迪克-崔西將無線對講機裝在手錶中之後，手錶電話就成爲了一種令人生厭的發明。
The reality, though, has been a little different. Not only are “real” watchphones such as LG's model gigantic, cuff-shredding monsters, they don't really DO anything.
然而現實卻有些不同。一些“真實的“手錶電話——如LG推出的產品，不僅體型巨大，容易撕裂衣服袖口，而且一點也不實用。
But all that's set to chance with the touch screen i'mWatch - tipping the scales at a svelte 70g, and offering a little more than a really undignified way to hold a conversation by talking to your cuff.
然而這些產品的不足之處卻給一款觸屏手錶電話——i'mWatch提供了商機。該產品造型輕巧，僅重70克。它能讓你在對着袖口講話時顯得美觀一些。
There is even a special "App store" built for apps that might work on a 1.5-inch LCD screen - in other words, almost no Android apps currently available.
這款手錶電話的研發者甚至設立了一種特殊的“應用程序商店”，爲這種液晶屏只有1.5英寸的產品提供專用程序。換句話說，目前幾乎所有的安卓手機程序都無法適用於該產品。
There is at least a 4GB memory chip built in, so you'll at least have plenty of space to store them.
該手錶電話擁有至少4GB的儲存空間，所以使用者不必擔心產品因儲存空間不夠而無法安裝這些程序。
Naturally, this being the world of watches, there are jewelled versions designed to part yacht owners from their money - costing? 10,286. The ordinary model is ?234.
自然，這款智能手錶將面向全球市場出售。設計者爲有錢人士提供了珠寶定製款，需花費10，286英鎊（約合人民幣10.2萬元）。大衆款則售價234英鎊（約合人民幣2300元）。
The small screen size could be a blessing, though - it'll last two days between charges, although as ever with claimed battery life, we'll believe that when we've tested the thing for six months.
該產品待機時間2天，正如聲稱的那樣，我們已經對其進行了半年的測試，並對此確信不疑。這種小屏幕的設計對於使用者來說將是一種福音。
Standard smartphone functions such as email and weather reports will be built in. Mr Bertolini said: "In the near future, with i'mWatch it will be possible to turn the heating, the washing machine and the dishwasher on and off."
該產品還會增加一些如收發電子郵件以及天氣預報之類的標準智能手機功能。貝托裏尼（該產品的設計者之一）先生說：“在不久的將來，i'mWatch也許將用於開關暖氣、洗衣機以及洗碗機。”
"In the house of the future, where home automation will control and manage many white goods, i'mWatch will be able to integrate perfectly."
“未來的房屋將使用家庭自動化系統控制和管理大型家電，i'mWatch能夠做到完美的整合。”
The watch will go on general sale in 2012.
這款智能手錶將於2012年面市。
