Motorola Patents Shocking Silent Alert
Apr 21, 2006, 12:14 PM by (staff)
Motorola has filed for a patent on a new type of silent alert for mobile devices. Noting that vibrating alert is not truly silent, Motorola has proposed a system that uses mild electrical stimulation instead of a vibrating motor. The user wears a device that can deliver a mild electric charge next to the skin. The phone will wirelessly activate this device to alert you to new calls, messages and more. Motorola has not announced any products with this technology, nor have any even been proposed yet. It is interesting to note that Motorola first developed the vibrating alert that this system is designed to replace.
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Comments
Level control?
Will Moto provide the consumer with the ability to adjust the level of the "shock." This accessory (which I assume is what this device will be sold as) should be named the Moto SHKR and the logo should definitely represent the three fingers. 😉
lmao ha that would definatly be owrth buying I guess...wll the guys would think so since the shocker is like there funny logo they love...I wonder why
i already
get a phantom vibrate sensation when my phone isn't on me. i can't imagine what a phantom shock sensation will feel like.
The "Phantom Vibrate" is terrible. I was on a camping trip this weekend (Earth Jam @ Zoe in Salem, MO) and had no service for three days... it was great until the first evening when I reached into my EMPTY pocket for my "vibrating phone." I swear it w...
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They should market the phones that way. . . The new V3x - the TAZR RAZR! 😉
Wow you guys are not nearly as funny as you think.
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dumb
So let me see if I understand this correctly. Motorola recognizes its vib is truly not silent and instead of fixing that by just have the phone go completely dead they decide to ignore that and have some stupid armband or w/e shock you.
well at least it doubles as a defibrillator....
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yeah and its going to be great when they malfunction and just start to shock the $hit out of you... i can see it now, "Motorola is currently in a lawsuit, involving their new product, the shocker. A un-named customer was continuously shocked by their...
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Not to mention that this thing is in TWO parts - so if this gets implemented, there's a SECOND gadget that you have to bring with you along with the phone itself. This is completely retarded.
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Who would you represent? Customers injured when the phone discharges the whole battery in an instant? Or the families of cellphone thieves who were killed by the Moto TAZR? 😉
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bones boy said:
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I don't know about anyone else...but isn't this quite possibly the STUPIDEST idea ever? Screw the class action suit...what about people's health? Hell, with my heart this'd kill me.
