February 7th, 2005 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Trends | No Comments »
Subway commuters could get more energetic in Japan through a new motion-sensitive mobile telephone equipped with games that will let people on the move practise their golf swings or shoot up monsters.
The local branch of British mobile giant Vodafone on Monday unveiled the V603SH, billed as the first phone in Japan to respond to movements, which will let users perform basic mobile functions through programmed shakes and jerks.
The 142-gram (five-ounce) telephone, developed with Sharp and the Aichi Steel Corporation, can be used as a golf club. Users look back at the screen to see how well they putted. More … More …(2)
