Since
Motorola needs to get
back on the profit wagon, apparently the second largest mobile phone maker in the world believes cultural novelty may be the answer. Moto has just patented the "Smellophone" that packs a scent pouch which releases olfactory goodness when talking. The mobile's battery is put to good use powering the phone and heating the scent pack as well, so we're wondering what kind of standby time reduction we can expect once we have our
hands noses on one of these beauties. The patent references a "Communication device having a scent release feature and method thereof." We can't wait to get our mitts on one of these and rate with our noses, but until then, we love Motorola's cheeky patent app. The colorful language for the MOTOSNIFR (
our name) includes this: "Some cellular telephone users are the same individuals who enjoy having plug-in scent units located around their homes, and may miss not having a nice smelling fragrance while they are on the go."
Awesome.
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Mark @ May 14th 2007 6:25PM
wow... just... wow
Chris @ May 14th 2007 6:54PM
That's. Retarded. Maybe they should concentrate on making good phones instead of the flavor of the month.
Ian @ May 14th 2007 11:57PM
Do they think it's 2002 and RAZRs are still the hippest new trend? I think anyone would rather see a new design than get a RAZR that smells like burnt sienna.
vianetman @ May 15th 2007 1:59PM
I'm glad they got the patent just to keep others from making it.