Prototype mobile phone watches
There’s a prototype mobile phone from LG knocking around at the moment. There’s a YouTube video below and there’s an article on Engadget here.
It’s a bit chunky and the interface is straight out of Tron.
But I’m guessing it’s not going to hit the market for another 20 years. Here’s one from Hyundai that looks a little less Knight Rider.
Overall, it’s a pretty cool concept but the execution is going to be fairly difficult. Presumably you would need to have people on loud speaker constantly, the method of control is going to involve some form of tiny pen that you’ll lose when drunk or extensive use of Mr Pinky. Unless of course you use the scroll wheel that LG have opted for, meaning you have to scroll a hundred time to get your mum’s phone number to come up. Overall, it’s a wet dream for most boys-who-like-toys but a nightmare for a product developer.
Creds: Dickie.
Speaking of new mobile tech, check out http://www.neonode.com/ (and no, this isn’t “like an iPhone” - it isn’t a touchscreen, it’s more akin to Microsoft’s Surface computer)
use wheel to select people’s name that you want to search for…this idea…what should i say… ? Cool! obviously cool. Maybe someday i will have one.