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Published: Sep 16, 2005 01:40 PM
Thu - November 6, 2003
Take That Banana Out Of Your Ear; Replace It With A Finger
"Chief, this is Maxwell Smart. You're
never going to believe the phone I picked up in Japan!"
Just
when you thought you'd seen everything, Japanese telephone company NTT DoCoMo
has created a
wristwatch phone that uses its owner's finger as an
earpiece:
The gadget, dubbed Finger Whisper, uses a wristband to convert the sounds of conversation to vibrations that can be heard when the finger is placed in the ear.
The wristband for the watchphone is key to the device's many features.
According to reports the Finger Whisper phone is answered by touching forefinger to thumb and then by putting the forefinger in the ear to hear who is ringing.
The call is ended by again touching forefinger to thumb.
The sound converting wristband on the watch phone is also fitted with a microphone that the phone owner can talk into.
"HEY! YOU FLIPPED ME OFF!"
"No, I was just handing you the phone ..."