Posted by masseur
BBC article
Let your fingers do the talking
Soon your finger could be helping you hear people calling on your mobile
Throw away your earpiece, soon your finger could be helping you make and take calls via your mobile phone.
Japanese phone firm NTT DoCoMo has created a wristwatch phone that uses its owner's finger as an earpiece.
The gadget, dubbed Finger Whisper, uses a wristband to convert the sounds of conversation to vibrations that can he heard when the finger is placed in the ear.
So far NTT has given no date for when a commercial version will go on sale.
Very handy
The wristband for the watchphone is key to the devices. many features.
According to reports the Finger Whisper phone is answered by touching forefinger to thumb and then by putting the forefinger in the ear to hear who is ringing.
The call is ended by again touching forefinger to thumb.
Some of the latest earpieces for mobile phones also use sound induction via the bones of the skull to let people hear who is talking to them.
The sound converting wristband on the watch phone is also fitted with a microphone that the phone owner can talk into.
The phone has no keypad but users can make a call by saying the number they want to reach out loud.
Voice recognition electronics built in to the wristband decipher what has been said and dial the number.
None of the early reports about the phone mention if it is possible to use the wristphone to send text messages.
The gadget has been developed by NTT DoCoMo's Media Computing Laboratory.
reminds me of Inspector Gadget!
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Posted by ultimatemobiles
Now that would be wierd!
Posted by vinnieza
This was in the daily mail as well
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Posted by SCORPIONKING1982
and people worry about looking silly with large phones to their ear
Posted by diddy0071
Hello? Hello? Damn you Earwax, Quit Prank Calling Me!
Posted by diddy0071
Stick a finger in your ear, make a call, Stick one up your nose, use WAP, Stick one in your mouth, get SMS, and stick one in your Ass, and get a MMS/Email!
Posted by vinnieza
what happends when you want to pass the call to someone?
Posted by masseur
you stick your finger in their ear!
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edit: ...and just hope that under diddy0071s scenario they don't want to send an MMS or email!
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Posted by diddy0071
I'm overly concerned about 3 way calling...
I wonder how caller Id would work...
Posted by MaThIbUs
MaThIbUs
Posted by Pitta Baainens
Just stick your finger in your nose I guess... :lol: nice concept, will look a little weird though
Posted by mmsman
kinda strange, everyone would look like they've came out of an austin powers movie......
Posted by ratGT
It would also be cool if it gave you 'vibrating signals' by vibrating your finger when receiving a call, instead of a plain ringing-signal coming from the wristwatch itself...
...But then, I can already picture the 'improper' usage of such a wristwatch, if, for example, it would end up in the hands of a woman with great sexual needs
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