Nevertheless, for those who aren't out to garner new friends with their wrist attire, the revamped W700 does smooth a few of the awkward lines found in the original rendition, and aside from syncing with your Bluetooth handset, it offers up on-screen caller ID, an OLED display, a vibration feature to alert you of an incoming call, lockable contact list, and a privacy feature to set your outgoing information to unavailable.

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And if you're into Bluetooth, the Address Book application can use the wireless technology to display the caller-ID information from a Bluetooth-ready wireless phone, provided you also have a Bluetooth device attached to your computer.

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Although Bell's model chintzed out on the Caller ID, the 9620 allows your CID-enabled handsets to display Skype names as well as dial SkypeOut numbers directly from the phonebook or keypad.

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It also has a clever little display screen on the top of the unit for displaying caller ID information, the time of day, battery status and message alerts.

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