Romanian online gadget shop QuickMobile announced it will bring the new Google Glass to the Romanian market. Google’s smart glasses are now available for pre-order in Romania, in all QuickMobile stores in the country and online at quickmobile.ro, for RON 6,999 (some EUR 1,600).

The glasses are available in five colour versions and deliveries will start in December, according to the retailer.

Google Glass Explorer Edition, produced by American giant Google, guides users with the help of Google Maps, helps them find the nearest restaurants and cafes with Google Search, but also allows them to take pictures or make videos.

Google Glass can exclusively be activated and used with the user’s voice command. For example, to take a picture, the user has to say the “OK Glass - take a picture” command.

The glasses weight only 43 grams and their battery has a life of 24 hours. The gadget has a 5-megapixel camera can record 720p HD videos. It has a memory of 16GB and can be connected to all smartphones equipped with Android system via the MyGlass app.

QuickMobile starts selling the Google Glass five months after it gave Romanians the chance to test for free Google’s new gadget.

In 2013, the Romanian retailer had a turnover of EUR 38 million.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com