Sony Ericsson Patents Mobile Phone Docking Station
1 February 2007 by axxxr Sony Ericsson have filed a patent for a Mobile Phone Multimedia Cradle that can transform your phone into a full blown home multimedia center. When seated, your phone is connected to the multimedia cradle via a system bus. The cradle itself includes:
Broadcast your music. Via FM transmitter you could broadcast all the music stored on your Walkman Phone to a nearby hi-fi stereo system or a ¡°boom box¡± that has FM radio. The a larger display on the cradle will allow for much easier music library viewing. Playlist manipulation is also much easier with a nearby mouse and QWERTY keyboard on 7¡È screen. View and edit your photo's. View pictures on the bigger screen. It's actually very similar size to a standard 4¡¿6¡È photograph. Order, view, edit you pictures and videos with a keyboard and mouse. Store them on Memory Stick, add them to e-mails and send via Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or ethernet, print them through a connected printer. Synchronize your files and data. Again, with the cradle connected to a home network, your smartphone is just another node in it. Use a handsfree mode to communicate. With built-in mic and speakers you don't need to pick up your phone. Browse the Internet, edit the your messages and send e-mails. It's easy to do with QWERTY keyboard and mouse. The cradle is connected to your home network so you have seamless Net access. Or, with HSDPA support on your cellphone and unlimited data plan, it can become your gateway to the net. You don¡¯t even need another ISP, apart from your mobile carrier. Connect all the peripherals you need. With a number of dataports available on the side of multimedia cradle, you can connect external monitor, scanner, printer and any other peripheral to your phone. For now, smartphones are pretty slow, have not enough memory and processing power for many of the applications mentioned above. But with Moores law extended well into the next decade, how long would it take until this kind of setup replaces home PC for many of us? source:unwiredview
Comments On 5 Feb 09:51 mk wrote I think it's a great idea if carried out nicely. In the end, we are supposedly aiming for a mobile life, so why not further integrate the PC and mobile? On 3 Feb 11:30 rice wrote great idea @castortroy it's only a basic concept skecth. i dont think they're gonna make a phone that looks so dull like that either On 2 Feb 10:10 DeLa wrote Those that would be interested probably have a laptop, so I don't see what this half computer, half docking station would give more than a device that connects the mobile to a laptop and do the same but controlled by the laptop? On 2 Feb 08:49 Nick wrote Kool with a K, if i could afford it id get it, but it'l be like $300 On 2 Feb 05:43 CHLL wrote Don't be ignorant castortroy thats just an scheme, thats not nearly close to the final design On 2 Feb 00:48 Nazil wrote Hey Guys, Dont you feel that a voice recognition in it would be more usefull and better than a handsfree device stuck to your ear......... On 2 Feb 00:13 bart wrote i love it! On 1 Feb 22:37 rehamer wrote waste.........better design a new phone. On 1 Feb 21:59 castortroy wrote looks like a cash register. I'd rather buy a laptop |