Make calls and monitor your health

It can take your pulse, check your body fat, time your jogs and tell you if you have bad breath. It even assesses stress levels and inspires you with a pep talk. … The sensor can tell whether you’re walking, running, climbing stairs, or resting, and counts the calories accordingly to tally daily totals, Tobita said.

We think those quotes say it all about this phone. Our only question, really: Is it necessary to attach this to a phone? We suppose that the main reason is that since you carry your phone with you everywhere, you’d also be carrying your personal trainer. But we’d be interested in this even if it wasn’t attached to a phone. No pricing or release date have been announced. The bad news is that the developing company, DoCoMo, does not sell phones overseas. We’ll have to see if we can find one unlocked once they’re released. Yay for eBay! [Associated Press]]]>