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Wearable Cell Phones Are Here
An anonymous reader writes "BusinessWeek Online just ran an article on wearable cell phones. A cell phone in a powder case? In a wrist watch? Inside your earring? Sure, why not. And these phones could make it into the U.S. in the next year."
...is in my ear. I hate telemarketers enough as-is, but to have them that close to me 24/7? I'll stick with my normal phone, thank you.
My Cellular Thong is already on pre-order.
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That could change soon. NTT DoCoMo, a pioneer in wireless services, is developing a technology called FingerWhisper that uses a hand's bone structure to make a wrist watch phone easier to manage and operate. Here's how it works: When a call arrives, the phone sends vibrations through the bones in the index finger. When the finger is slipped into the ear canal, those vibrations turn into voice. The technology also would allow users to dial phone numbers or send text messages by tapping their palms in certain ways. And the technology doesn't seem to pose any health risks, says a DoCoMo spokesperson.
And you thought the taco-shaped side-talking N-Gage was embarassing...
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Aw shit... Here come those damned communicator pins. On the show, they seemed really cool. In an age with cellphones with speaker phone (or even worse, the dreaded BLEEP walkie talkies), they now seem like the rudest invention of all time. I've always thought the best compromise was an in-ear implant, but I suspect we're years away from those. Plus the three tone error message would officially hurt like hell. (We're sorry, the number you have reached has been disconnected. But, you won't hear this message because you're now deaf.)
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All those guys on the subway talking to themselves weren't crazy, they were beta testers.
To spy on them it'd take a lot of anytime minutes. Better have it set to spy on Nights and Weekends only.
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I can see it now... "Can you hear me now? Damn."
Disconnect and self-destruct, one bullet at a time.
Now only if they could make wearable clothes...
Just wondering, because I've seen bumper stickers like this:
"Would you drive any better if i shoved that cell phone up your ass?"
John Kerry is a Joke!
Just what I need, more people making those stupid thumb in the ear "I'll call you" signs.
From the article..."A phone stitched into clothing or wrapped around a wrist could allow women to forego a purse."
That must be some damn good phone for a woman not to need her purse...I guess it also holds tampons, 5 lipsticks, lube, etc.
wear them and fry not only your brains, but also your heart and liver
Like we don't have enough moving hazards out there on the streets as it is. Now we're going to have women putting on makeup AND talking on the phone at the same time? Lord have mercy on us all.
Other wearable technologies coming soon: *Thigh mounted popcorn popper *Foldable stomach mounted TFT screen for my ass mounted, slim line nix box. *Bicep Juicer
Or perhaps worse, for the bone-conduction model:
"Can I borrow your phone? I need to make a really important call!"
"Sure!"
*Sticks finger in ear*
"Uh.... never mind..."
I think somebody already has prior art:
Wearable cell phone
With all of these tiny cell phones and people broadcasting their lives to the world as they talk, I'll have to wear my iPod all of the time just to be polite and respect their privacy! Oh well, at least I won't be able to hear the panhandlers...
To the making of books there is no end, so let's get started
oh.. *pant* *pant* *pant* sorry.. *pant*pant* wrong number... *click*
Suchethalearn from yesterday, plan for tomorrow, party tonight
or one out of three ain't bad
Maybe now I won't feel so weird about using my Sports Illustrated shoe phone.
http://www.commaecho.com
*Can I borrow your phone?*
*Uh Yeah, here you go*
Wow, I've been waiting for this since the 1980s. Just pull my left wrist up toward my chin and speak loudly into my watch: "KITT, I'm in trouble!"
Look, I just stopped wearing a wristwatch because my cell phone has a clock in it. Now you want me to stop wearing a cell phone because my wristwatch is going to have a phone in it. Make up your damn minds.
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...uses a hand's bone structure to make a wrist watch phone easier to manage and operate. Here's how it works: When a call arrives, the phone sends vibrations through the bones in the index finger. When the finger is slipped into the ear canal, those vibrations turn into voice
..U.S. consumers, always behind the Old World in most things wireless, have been left out.
"No, I'm not flipping you off, my phone is ringing..."
The mental image cracks me up. I can't imagine walking by someone talking with a finger in their ear and not chuckling to myself. Do people actually use this stuff?
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