January 18, 2006
VibeTonz-enabled phone
The first VibeTonz-enabled phone from Samsung is due to hit the market very soon. VibeTonz is an embedded technology that enables a mobile handset to produce a huge range of 'vibro-tactile' sensations. Or in other words, you'll feel as well as hear.
VibeTonz is an embedded technology that enables a mobile handset to produce a huge range of 'vibro-tactile' sensations. Or in other words, you'll feel as well as hear. So, mobile gamers can experience the recoil of gunshots or the jolt of a punch, messaging could be personalised with vibration-based heartbeats and ringtones can give users the physical sensation of drum breaks and basslines.
[via TechDigest via Gizmodo]
Related, sort of:
-- Phone jolt
-- The touchy-feely side of telecoms
-- New Cell Phones Will Reach Out and Slap Someone
-- Cellphone to vibrate in tune
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