December 6, 2004
SMS Messages in the Air
Sun Data, a handset accessory company, announced it developed AirBeam that can display SMS or image stored in handsets in the air using LED, reports Seong-ju Lee for Telecoms Korea.
"Once a user input message or image on the screen of handset and shake it, the message or image are seen in the air due to afterimage effect created by LED.
AirBeam can device can display 32 messages and images containing letters, numerals, special letters and diagrams. The device can be linked to handset through connector at the bottom of handsets.
Young-hwan Kim, marketing director of Sun Data said, ”The product, which will be released in February 2005, will open a new chapter in handset usage.” The device costs about $20."
Related articles on airtexting-type technologies:
-- Wave Messaging - By waving the Nokia 3220 camera phone from side to side, the LED lights of the Nokia Xpress-on FunShell light up to "write" a message that appears to float in mid-air (May 2004).
-- In March 2003, the WSJ reported from CeBIT about a phone called Kurv, made by Kyocera Wireless Corp which featured airtexting: "The company believes airtexting will be one of it's most popular features, especialy in night clubs. To airtext, you type in a text like 'call me' then wave it back and forth in the air. As the phone moves, a row of blinking red lights along the top of the phone leaves the phrase trailing behind it."
-- A company called Wildseed actually tested airtexting with teenagers - which was a big hit. cf post in Textually on airtexting.
-- And an article from Wap.com (no longer online) several years ago, featured a California company called Neoku.com which developed a platform called haikuhaiku. The article described a form of mobile graffiti, using a cell phone as a paint spraycan, "by waving it into the air to form a word, the text would appear onto the screen of a person passing by". How cool is that?
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