Sony Ericsson shows off unknown handset in new video – gesture control on the way?
By Will Park on Monday, May 19th, 2008 at 4:35 PM PST In Devices, Sony Ericsson, Videos
The mobile space is all about convergence. It’s all about putting the power of a laptop, music player, camera, and PDA in the palm (NSDQ: PALM) of your hand. To that extent, mobile phone manufacturers have been pushing their version of converged life on the consumer market with spiffy commercials and eye-catching graphics.
Sony Ericsson (NYSE: SNE)’s new device presentation shows off just how “cool” and “hip” your converged life could be in their new video (below). Set to some funky electro-beats, the new video shows off one or two unknown handsets that look like all-touchscreen jobbies with media playback, media capture, and communications capabilities that seemingly turn your life into a gesture-controlled, psychedelic trip.
Most interesting in this video is the iChat-like chat/SMS text message interface that pops up around 0:55. It’s also interesting to see Sony Ericsson showing off the devices’ features using gesture-control. We’re not looking for the next Sony Ericsson handset to sport gesture controls that rival the demonstration in the video, but the fact that SE applied for a patent on that idea and then showed off gesture-control in the video is interesting indeed. But, if Sony Ericsson ends up bringing the gesture-control features to market in the near-term, we told ya so…
[Via: se-nse]
