SpyNet Video Watch

Watch for this, spy wannabes

NEW YORK

FANS of Dick Tracy’s two-way wrist radio and two-way wrist TV screen can look forward to having something similar on their wrists soon.

The SpyNet Video Watch (right) will arrive in stores in the United States next month. It will retail at US$50 (S$68).

The watch, made by Jakks Pacific, is the main component in a line of spy-related toys. But the features are nothing kiddy.

Beneath the clear 1.4-inch TFT colour screen is a lithium-ion polymer battery that recharges from a computer’s USB port.

That provides power to the microphone, still and video cameras, a stopwatch and a
voice-manipulator utility that can make a person sound like a chipmunk.

The onboard 128MB of memory stores 2,000 JPEG photos, four hours of audio wav files, or 30 minutes of video in QVGA, in 320x240 resolution, on a par with those of a low-end mobile phone.

Add-ons include a US$25 Snake Cam that plugs into the mini-USB port and extends the
camera’s view under a door or around a corner. Oh, and the watch tells the time, too.

NYT

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