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Kiss me quick, iPhone!

Grocott's MailBy Grocott's MailJanuary 31, 2013No Comments3 Mins Read
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My boyfriend recently accused me of being in a relationship with someone else – my smartphone – and I can see why.

My boyfriend recently accused me of being in a relationship with someone else – my smartphone – and I can see why.

The phone goes where I go, comes to the movies with me, hints that I should wear a jacket when it’s cold and reminds me about meetings and events. It thinks for itself and reminds me about important things I would’ve otherwise forgotten. I quite like that in a man!

lthough I consider my smartphone to be more of a personal assistant than my other half, I might open to the idea of dating an emotional phone that could feel.

Cause let’s face it – phones are getting smarter these days and people aren’t!

According to an article in the Los Angeles Times the next generation of phones will be so evolved that they can hold your hand, breathe on your neck and kiss your cheek.

Besides being able to show you physical affection they can even sense your emotions, tell if you’re depressed and make a doctor’s appointment to sort that out for you.

I find the kissing element most disturbing – and the fact that the technology to do it is already here!

In 2011 a designer named Fabian Hemmert from the Berlin University of Arts showed off a phone with a kissing simulator.

The simulator involved a moisture sensor on the smoocher’s phone and a “wet sponge pushing against a membrane” on the receiver’s phone.

The sensor can apparently tell between a mere peck and a full-on French kiss and move the sponge accordingly.

I think I’ll stick to the kissing emoticon over SMS, thank you.

Also, gone will be the days of changing your BlackBerry Messenger (BBM) status to “busy”.

Based on the concept of a mood ring, futuristic smartphones can tell you who on the other side of your chat is ready to converse, who is irritable and who is busy and cannot be disturbed.

In this way you’d be able to respond to what has been described as the “real” feelings of your friends, associates and family members through sites such as Facebook and applications such as BBM.

I don’t know about you, but this principle seems as tempestuous as the mood ring itself.

Apparently what Hemmert, the kissing phone inventor, wanted to do was to spark debate about what the future of telecommunication holds by asking "How much nearness do we want?".

And he’s definitely got people thinking.

I for one always have my phone within reach, it’s the first thing I see in the morning and the last thing I see at night.

Sad right? But I’m guessing I’m not the only one. And although I appreciate the constant availability of my smartphone, I don’t think I could make out with it – could you?

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