May 22, 2007
New Cell Phone Services: Fish Finder
All kinds of new and unusual cell phone services are being developed by content providers. SK Telecom alone works with some 1,300 providers, and last year it received 5,000 new service proposals, reports Digital Chosunilbo. The latest is a service that lets people use their cell phones to locate fish.
Wireless provider SK Telecom is launching the service for fishermen, using a float-shaped ultrasonic transmitter that is connected to a cell phone on one end and a fishing line on the other. When the device is put in the water, the cell phone can show the the location of fish and the depth and temperature of the water."
One of the most memorable services offered by SK Telecom as early as 2003, was the famous mosquito repellent, whereby anti-mosquito sound waves downloaded by SK Telecom repelled them within a range of one meter.
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