VibeTonz: A Feature, or a Flop?

Pocket-Lint has an article up about VibeTonz, an idea that Samsung is going to be launching that they want to use as another type of specialty feature.

Samsung is set to launch a new phone that vibrates to music and games to immerse you into the action.

Jointly developed with Immersion, the people responsible for the vibration technology in gaming controllers, the phone will feature technology that embeds a huge range of “vibro-tactile” sensations into the mobile handset.

The company suggests the technology can be used for mobile gamers to accurately feel the recoil of gunshots, the jolt of punches and the acceleration of cars or mobile messaging to be personalised with vibration-based heartbeats, growls and hugs.

An odd idea, but if done right, I suppose it could be useful, though I think it is just another sales gimmick as they start reaching the limit of new sales of mobiles in the UK, and are trying to draw customers away from other companies.

January 19th, 2006 Posted by David in News at 4:03 pm Comment Now! »
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