I’ve just seen an announcement over on Engadget that Sony Erricson have launched the Live View, which looks like:

Which looks like a really interesting wee bit of kit to me, and solves a problem I often have with my phone.  I often find that I’ve left my phone on my desk and hear it beeping from upstairs while I’m sitting on the sofa, or vice versa.  Whilst I wouldn’t want one of those phones you can get on eBay and the likes which are actual mobile phones in a watch, the ability to have a remote display for my actual phone that is a watch and therefore always on me, would be really useful.

Not only would it help if I have left the phone in another room, but even just if it’s in my pocket and I don’t want to take it out to check for messages etc, even while driving a quick glance at this could tell you if the beep you just heard is something important and worth pulling over to read / respond to. I’ve still got a few months left with my Blackberry contract, and had kind of been holding off on Android till there was a good handset with physical keyboard which are now appearing.  I think as soon as upgrade time comes around I’ll be moving to Android, and getting one of these (especially as they are less than £50).  I’d also expect some pretty cool apps and hacks to come out in first months after launch.

~Shepy