Haptic Clock beats the time into you

by Chris Ziegler posted Jun 4th 2007 at 9:33PM

Given that its timekeeping capability rivals actual... you know, calling as the mobile phone's most important function in our lives, we figure it's a function worth embellishing just a bit. Why stop at analog or digital? Che-Wei Wang's "Haptic Clock" Java app features a cool looking (if not obfuscated) display of the time, but even better, it vibrates the time to you every fifteen minutes using a sequence of long and short pulses. The feature can be manually initiated by pressing the 5 key, too, so we could even see some value for vision impaired folks. Grab the app from Wang's site, but beware -- as the developer himself points out, it works a number on battery life.

[Via Future Feeder]

Filed under: Software

Tags: clock, haptic, haptic clock, HapticClock, haptics

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Owen V @ Jun 4th 2007 10:16PM

ahh yes, the extra functions of a cell phone for blind people.

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Al @ Jun 5th 2007 1:25AM

It would be nice if he could make an S60 version

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