The cartoon character Dick Tracy, from the 1940s on, had a two way wrist radio that has been seen as a forerunner of the modern smartwatch.
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In the 1983 cartoon series Inspector Gadget, the protagonist's niece, Penny, wears a device on her wrist known as a "utility watch" that was capable of wireless videoconferencing and she frequently used the device to communicate with her pet dog who was named "Brain".
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Motorola Mobility CEO Dennis Woodside confirmed that his company is working on a smartwatch device at the time of a December 6, 2013 interview.