New Cell Phone For the Blinds
Utilizing vibrations that feel similar to Morse code, Japanese professor Nobuyuki Sasaki has created a different kind of cell phone that operates in Braille to assist blind users.
Utilizing vibrations that feel similar to Morse code, Japanese professor Nobuyuki Sasaki has created a different kind of cell phone that operates in Braille to assist blind users.
Nokia didn’t find any success with N-Gage but that didn’t shine them away from trying their luck again on hand held gaming device. The Nokia DA-GAME features a D-pad plus two more buttons on its back and a decent display, I’m not sure whether the display will be touch screen. Nokia is aiming at making DA-GAME a real father-son experience. Not sure what that mean either, but I’m guessing the son get to play with this and the father the PSP.
A sneak preview from CTIA 2008 of an upcoming MSV L series which will be available in 2010. No word on a price yet though. It comes with a a 480 x 320 multi-touch screen, wifi and an integrated camera.
[via engadget]
Softbank Mobile Corp, a Japanese company, has announced the release of PhoneBraver, a robot buddy cell phone in April 2008.
Nokia has recently launched the new eco-friendly as well as relatively cheap Nokia 5000 cellphone. It will cost between 50 to 90 Euro before taxes and offers a 1.3 megapixel camera, a high resolution QVGA display, FM radio with recording functionality, MP3 ringtones, bluetooth connectivity, GPRS, and supports Nokia Xpress Audio Messaging. Not bad at all for a cell phone at this price range.
I don’t know how many people are carrying a torch with them on a daily basis. I know i don’t, and if it was anything else other than a torch i would buy this little device, because my Mobile’s battery always die when i needed it most.