NTT DoCoMo Inc. will soon start selling a Dick Tracy-style mobile phone that's wearable like a wristwatch and snaps off to become a regular handset.
"We are targeting young businessmen in their 20s and 30s as the device looks a bit rugged," DoCoMo spokesman Takuya Kono said.
The Wristomo watch opens up to become a phone, and users can talk while wearing it -- just like the U.S. comic-book hero.
Manufactured by Seiko Instruments, the phone weighs 113 grams, including batteries, and hooks up to DoCoMo's i-mode Net-linking service.
The company expects to sell 5,000 of the phones, which will run 30,000 yen to 40,000 yen. They will be sold through a Web site starting next month.
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