Using our powers of huffing and puffing is nothing new when it comes to device interaction -- even our Wii remote has doubled as an ocarina at some point -- but
Pantech's looking to take it a step further with the Korea-bound IM-S410K Sky Wind. Powered by Fantalog Interactive's Emotion Engine software, the device recognizes short and long blows via the microphone and uses it for switching wallpapers, adjusting screen brightness, and -- in a less gimmicky use -- snapping photos with a blast of air while stabilizing the phone with both hands. It also sports movement detection with the camera and relative motion control via accelerometer. Pantech's got a three-year exclusivity agreement on the engine, so expect to see wind recognition touted in more than a few upcoming phones.
posted Feb 2nd 2009 7:33PM
A case of: "just because you can do something doesn't mean you should".
I can't think of a witty sexual innuendo...
think harder
Inyerendo.
Blow Harder
oh so nintendo's making phones now
Everytime I get a Ds game that has that mechanic I feel really weird when someone asks me "What are you doing??" "I'm having fun blowing my Nintendo"... it just sounds weird.
i think there might be a better way for you to phrase that bro
Iphonekiller consideration?
I can think of it now: Just blow on the microphone to start or end a call! Just don't talk too loud or while walking or while windy or while standing next to a fan, else your call gets cut short.
"Blow Engine"
The phrase of the year.
this should be a good match up for whores and prostitutes. Then they would come out with a virtrual dick app to tickle and blow, lol,
Damn middle school whores
No fart jokes yet? I'm disappointed.
I originally misread that the engine was exclusively for three-year-olds.
Wouldn't this phone be unusable outdoors?
I am surprised that so far not a single comment refers to the challenges faced by person with spinal injuries or similar issues. This looks like a pretty good way to deliver accessibility in a small form factor and yet remain a highly multi-purpose device at consumer prices.
I hope it is released with an open source command set so that developers can build up a powerful library of useful functions.
if only someone made a phone that functioned on voice commands ...
I wonder how well this would work in areas where the wind is blowing a lot. I think that it would be hard to use the phone because it would be doing all sorts of random stuff. It's like my iPod touch when the screen is wet i bet. It just does whatever it feels like doing.
"It's like my iPod touch when the screen is wet i bet. It just does whatever it feels like doing."
What are you doing with your iPod Touch?! You do know you're not supposed to take those in the shower, right?
This blows.
Any chance they'd build a breathalyzer into this thing?
Just too many things to think of.....
If I would get a blow phone my GF would get gelous