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New Phone Wants to be Your Personal Trainer
coondoggie writes to tell us that a new prototype "Wellness Phone" has been developed. Designed to help users with everything from staying in shape to checking your breath, the new phone can measure things like body fat, pulse, and even stress level through a series of questions. "The companies are reportedly still testing some of the phone's more advanced technology, including a function to keep track of meals and calculate calorific intake, as well as a network capacity to let users share data. The companies haven't said when nor how much they will sell the phones. Plus it doesn't look like they be sold in the US anytime soon either."
The phone then can dispense inspirational advice, its makers say. Reports indicate the inspirational comments are in the: "Don't worry, tomorrow's a fresh new day," the phone then flashed. "Keep your chin up!" vein.
It is felt to be inspirational the first three times.
After that, it ends up collecting dust, being chucked at a wall, or smashed to complete oblivion.
He who knows best knows how little he knows. - Thomas Jefferson
Why do we keep putting crap in phones?
I don't need a tire pressure gauge, a fountain pen, blood pressure monitor, or a cigarette lighter in my phone. I'll use my phone for making phone calls.
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/New_%22voice_chat%22_feature_proposed_for_mobile_phones
Why do we keep putting crap in phones?
There's your problem. You're still thinking of your cell phone as a phone. Despite the name, it is no longer merely a device for telephone conversations. It stores names and addresses, has calendar functions, plays games, works as a quick and dirty digital camera, sends emails and text messages, acts as a flashlight, web browser, and a host of other things. It is not a phone. It is a portable computer that has phone capabilities.
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