Jan, from your interest in vib. experiences and opinions, I take
it you're involved in product development.
I used to have one of the original DDI/Casio 303 "G'z" phones;
great, indestructible, waterproof (no condom required Nick) phone,
but... that vibrator - it sounded like a angry cow, literally;
louder than some of the ringer settings. It *was* downright
embarrassing in meetings, etc. - everyone would hear it, but no
one would guess it was a phone vibrator; for the most part
unusable. (The later versions have respectably silent vibs...)
I've since moved on to AU's Hitachi 309, and it's vib settings are
silent, though not necessarily any better than any of the others
when it comes to alerting me if I'm walking, etc. In the shirt
pocket is usually fine, but I miss calls if my phone is in a
pant/jacket pocket, etc. ( I do love the 309's "kuro-denwa"
ringer - a believable copy of those old black dial phone ringers
of 20 yrs. or so back...)
>What I really want is what I think Tuka (?) used to have about
two or
>three years ago which was a dedicated vibration card you could
slip
I was just thinking about this as well; I remember these phones
too - I wonder with the increased "social-sensitivity" of ringers
in Japan now, if this technology will come back. Not much use with
out a shirt pocket though... and another piece of technology to
forget/lose/carry/power...
Though not specifically cellphone related, MIT's work in wearable
computing devices got me thinking:
http://www.ideo.com/MIT/index.html ; a vibrator similar to above,
attached to a watchband/ring/ear clip... ? Probably a few years
off yet - Ren - I recall you talking about wearable devices
several months back... ...and didn't NTT demo a wrist phone where
you stuck your thumb in your ear and sound waves traveled
through... ah, but we're getting off base here : )
Sean
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Received on Thu Jan 25 11:42:07 2001