Finger-Touch Cellphone

[Kris Kumar]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.mobilitysite.com/2007/01/fingertouch_cellphone.php' target='_blank'>http://www.mobilitysite.com/2007/01/fingertouch_cellphone.php</a><br /><br /></div><i>"The crew at <a href="http://www.yankodesign.com/product_info.php?products_id=1499">Yanko Design</a> have announced another way to input info into your phone: "A wearable mobile device for enhanced chatting. It introduces a new wearable device that anyone can communicate with that is easier and lighter in mobile circumstances corresponding to the 3.5G, 4G communication standard. Human hand is the most basic communication method. For easier and simpler controls, it uses the instinctive input method “finger joint”. Excluding the thumb, each finger joint makes up twelve buttons, with “the knuckle button”, using the cell phone's 3X4 keypad, likely being the most popular input method." What's so great about this? The idea that there's more than one way to push buttons on your phone. The info quoted above is pretty much all you'll get from the website, but it looks like it projects the numbers &amp; letters onto your fingers, and they're read the same way as the i.Tech Virtual Keyboard mentioned earlier. Think about this for a minute. How and why would you use this? Would you wear it on your hand like this all day, then line up your hand just so to type, call, etc? Probably not, but that's not the point."</i><br /><br /> <img src="http://www.smartphonethoughts.com/images/kris-2007jan-fingertouch.jpg" alt="User submitted image" title="User submitted image"/> <br /><br />I will leave it up to our readers to decide whether this concept is a hit or a miss.

[Mike Temporale]

I marked it down as a maybe. I don't like the look of what they show in that picture, but I think it has some potential. It just needs to find the right design.

[Jerry Raia]

You left out, "A joke". :lol:

[Kris Kumar]

You left out, "A joke". :lol:

Now that option would have made lot more readers participate in the poll. :-)

[Kris Kumar]

I can see it as a Bluetooth based keyboard accessory for regular phones; but as a phone all by itself...nah.

[onlydarksets]

You left out, "A joke". :lol:

Think about it, though - media buttons everywhere! Your ears could adjust the volume, and you could blink your eyes to watch a video! How many should I put you down for?

[Jerry Raia]

Well now that you mentioned media buttons I'm all over it! :P

[hotdram]

Think about it, though - media buttons everywhere! Your ears could adjust the volume, and you could blink your eyes to watch a video!

Every time I pick my nose, the next track would be selected, great.

~Rob

[Mike Temporale]

Every time I pick my nose, the next track would be selected, great.

8O :rotfl:

[Jerry Raia]

I actually like that perspective on media buttons on Smartphones. Fitting. :D

[tabi13]

Media buttons is interesting but would you still like to wear this thing constantly on your hand.
As a keyboard for text entry, I will say its an interesting concept, but I am wondering if you would have the option to wear it on either hand, and if you can actually type with the thumb of the same hand you are wearing it on (just like we hold a regular phone and type with the thumb) I mean I am sure that will cause problems cuz the thumb will come in the way of the projection.
Plus do you have to hold out your hand straight or can the fingers be curved, and people have different sized hands so how would they manage to accurately project it in just between the joints.
Too many question marks, interesting idea but a miss for me!
More interesting would be a wearable glove keypad with electronic contacts inside which communicates with the phone through bluetooth, has rechargable batteries, a mic and speaker, so i can type on it and also put my hand to my face and talk like a secret service agent!
What a mouthful!! :P

[Gavino1212]

My 1st impression, without reading viewer comments, was, it's a joke right?

Though the Japanese do have some incredible technology that we've yet to see, I couldn't take it seriously. And, yeah, you'd have to constantly wear it right?

:roll: