The long-awaited LG GD910 has finally gone on sale - and for a fairly lofty wad of cash. Orange France is now offering the touchscreen timepiece on its website, with prices starting at €899 (£770) on contract.

While that might seem like a truly shocking amount of money for a mobile phone, it bears remembering that this is a landmark product that will be sold in limited numbers: the GD910 is the world’s first ever 3G watch phone, offering speeds of up to 7.2Mbps via its HSDPA connection.

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The countdown to the launch of the LG GD910 watch phone has started, as the phone is set for launch in the UK within the next month. Half phone/Half watch, this Spy chic gadget is set for a pricey but stunning entry into the UK market.

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The introduction of full-on touchscreens aside, mobile phone design hasn’t changed much in the past ten years - but an upcoming device from LG looks set to kick off a whole new species of handset. Or perhaps we should say “wristset”, as the GD910 is a wristwatch that doubles as a proper 3G communications device.

Launching at this week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas and slated for a European release later in 2009, the GD910 boasts a 1.4-inch touchscreen, camera, Bluetooth, MP3 playback, a high speed web browser and text-to-speech commands, so it’s no pushover in the feature stakes.

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