Waterproof Cell Phone

by Nicole Weston (RSS feed)
Jul 28th 2006 at 10:02AM

While new cell phones are always fun because we love gadgets, ruining them when a friend/coworker/etc. spills his or her morning latte all over it is somewhat less than satisfying. Sony Ericcson has managed to eliminate that inconvenience by releasing a completely waterproof cellphone in Japan. The SO902iWP+ even receives calls underwater - although you can't actually speak into the phone that way. The phone also comes with an mp3 player and a 1.3 mega pixel camera. There is no word on whether it will be released in the US, but this would be the perfect phone to take on vacation, especially if you're going somewhere that you'll be spending a lot of time in the water, like a tropical resort.

[Sony website, in Japanese]

Tags: cell phone, gadget, japan, mobile phone, phone, waterproof

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Jamie Moulding Jul 28th 2006 10:28AM

This is great news - hopefully a model for the European market will appear at some point in the near future.

I'm a cyclist and I need a decent waterproof phone to keep in my jersey pocket when out on long training rides - normal phones get destroyed very quickly by sweat corrosion during intense physical exercise. I currently use a very old Nokia splashproof phone - a 5210 - and swap my SIM into it when I head out for training rides. However, I could use something a bit more up to date (with a megapixel+ camera, etc) so if anybody knows of anything that's available now or imminently, please do let me know!