big is the new small
Just when you thought phones couldn’t get any smaller … I’ve begun this post in a way that makes it difficult for me to get right to the point, which is that the phone I’m about to describe is actually quite big. If I was a better storyteller, I could have done it but alas, I am who I am.
Telephoneboxing combines all of the convenience of over-the-wire conversation with that easy-to-neglect combat sport training. Just punch in the number you want to call. Literally. Digits are located around the 20-foot space and with some high neon shorts, boxing gloves, and a mean right hook you can be chatting in minutes.
Once the number is dialed, stand in the right spot to access the speakerphone.
One has to stand in one specific spot and speak loudly to be heard. The answer can be heard on a spot a few meters further into the container.
That seems frustrating as hell. Seriously, if I had to run back and forth to alternately talk and listen while I’m trying to communicate I’d want to punch someth– … aaaah.
[via Gizmodo]
Robert wrote:
I don’t get it. How do you fit the phone in your pocket?
Posted on 22-Mar-06 at 11:00 pm | Permalink
Mike wrote:
Robert, you don’t. The innovative technology is that they shrink you down so you fit inside the phone. Then someone else fits the phone in their normal-size pocket. So, you’re acutally inside someone else’s pocket.
Posted on 23-Mar-06 at 4:42 pm | Permalink
Robert wrote:
This actually makes sense to me. Technology is amazing! And convenient!
Posted on 23-Mar-06 at 6:40 pm | Permalink