The Newest Must-have Addition To Our Cell Phones?
Our phones have GPS navigation systems in them, can be hooked up to our finances to pay for things, they can browse the internet, have hi-resolution digital cameras, video cameras, TVs, MP3 players, you name it… They couldn’t possibly do anymore, could they?
According to a tech website Japanese cell phone makers have done it again and have produced the latest in cell phone technology, the “Smell-o-phone”. It uses DoCoMo’s pre-existing technology used to play audio and visual material on the handset and this information will send information to a dedicated device connected to the handset.
The device is loaded with some scents and then a combination is emitted as the audio video content is played. Nothing is specified as to how big the spray is, or how powerful the scent might be.
The applications for this technology are varied and I can already imagine ads coming up intermittently on your phone for Jonathan’s and the less than subtle scent of Microwaved famiresu cuisine being sprayed in your face. An Asahi ad and the scent of an alcoholic man being sprayed up your nose.
We already have millions of people talking on their phones at inappropriate times hurting our eardrums, as well as people offending our eyes with their millions of hideous trinkets and decorations on their phones. Could this be the next thing to offend the person next to you on the train? Is anyone out there interested in buying such a phone when they finally become available?
