These are some very early prototypes Japan’s No. 1 telecommunications company NTT recently showcased during the JPCA Show 2009 in Tokyo, but they are pretty cool to look at and may show a glimpse of the near future. The basic idea is to one day be able to offer cell phones featuring an interface for attachable and replaceable hardware add-ons.
The company’s Institute for Advanced Technology is researching on how to transform a conventional cell phone into a “physical”, two-piece flute, for example. Users would then attach the upper part of a flute to their cell phone and press its keyboard buttons to make music. Songs can even be shared wirelessly with other users.
A bit less spectacular is the blood test unit users can plug into their cell phone in order to transfer data to their doctors. Straight out of Minority Report: An add-on that lets you read newspapers or magazines displayed on the cell phone screen via an integrated sheet of digital paper so that you don’t have to read stuff on those tiny screens anymore.
NTT is hoping to develop practical versions (not commonly available phones, mind you) in 2015.
What’s minority got to do with did? This is racist !!
Jesse……you ding dong…..
Manority Report is a 2002 movie…in-the-ear cell phones used throughout the movie
so, dont shoot from the hip until you check
parctical version in 2015??? now this is totally impractical! LOL!
* practical … typo :-p
OMG, PERIPHERALS?!? That’s advanced! Imagine being able to install new hardware on your phone instead of throwing your phone away and buying a new one every time you want to add a negligible amount of storage!
Hello Apple, are you listening?
Maj – peripherals support is one of the most prominent new features coming in iPhone OS 3.0 (widely expected to be released next week).
There’s an App for that…
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