Saturday, February 13, 2010

T-Mobile predicts augmented relaity apps will explode

from PC Advisor UK (HT to cellodude on the IV MB):

T-Mobile nicknamed this group of handset owners 'digivores'.

The mobile network also said the way we communicate with our smartphone look set to change. It cited Immersion, a US developer that predicts as soon as later this year, your smartphone will let you communicate with friends without words, using haptic technology.

For example, if you shake your phone to express an emotion, it will create a corresponding vibration on the phone of the person you want to communicate with.

"Contrary to the outdated view that smartphones are just for geeks, the increasing simplicity and affordability of smartphones means they are now being used by more and more people. Our latest research also shows they're even changing our social behaviour," said Richard Warmsley from T-Mobile UK.

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