World’s smallest mobile – in a watch

Stuff can now officially declare: the future has begun, for we have the gadget of boyhood dreams – the wristwatch communicator.Skipping the clunky M300 we saw previewed a while back, SMS Technology has gone straight out and launched the svelte, leather strapped M500.The Buck Rogers timepiece features a 1.5in touchscreen (eat you heart out, iPhone), Bluetooth, 128MB memory an MP3 and video player and, um, dial-up modem (what, no HSDPA?)It’ll manage 200 minutes of futuristic natter, or up to 80 hours idly sitting on your wrist waiting for a call and telling the time before needing its fuel cells recharged.Though you can hold it to your ear to talk, like a person quizzically checking if his digital watch is still, er, ticking, we’d recommend opting for the bundled Bluetooth headset and practising phrases like ‘Come in Alpha 2. Alpha 2, do you read me?’

SMS Technology M500 Price: $1000 AUD On sale: Now Contact: SMS Technology Related stories: Wrist-mounted mobile arrives from Down Under Sony Ericsson, Fossil Bluetooth the watch Tag Heuer joins the mobile rich list

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

About

Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

Areas of expertise

Computing, mobile, audio, smart home