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Telecommunications Nokia cellphones go touchy-feely with Immersion's VibeTonz | Nokia cellphones go touchy-feely with Immersion's VibeTonz |
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| by Stuart Corner | |
| Tuesday, 03 July 2007 | |
  
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Nokia has obtained a long-term license for Immersion's VibeTonz tactile feedback system for mobile devices that gives it the right to use the technology in its mobile devices sold worldwide. Immersion will also supply a software developers kit to the Nokia Forum developer community enabling developers to create downloadable applications and content that makes use of tactile feedback. According to Immersion its technology "allows touchscreen-based mobile devices to provide unmistakable tactile cues in response to touchscreen presses. It can enliven mobile games with touch feedback similar to that found in console games; heighten the music and ringtone fun-factor by 'turning up the sub-woofers' with a vibe beat; make operation easier and more intuitive by pairing audio/visual with tactile cues for events such as call dropped, ringing, and busy; and make alerts more discernible and memorable by varying how they feel, from a reverberating gong effect to a subtle tapping." VibeTonz technology is already available on a number of Samsung handsets offered in the US by Verizon Wireless, Sprint, Alltel and MetroPCS; in Korea by SK Telecom; in China by China Unicom and in Europe by Orange (UK and France) and T-Mobile (UK and Germany. Users can download VibeTonz enabled games and ringtones from Featured Whitepaper
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The Samsung SCH-W559, launched by China Unicom in January 2007. was the first phone to use the VibeTonz technology. {moscomment} |
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