Siemens Gets Touchy Feely With the CX70 EMOTY

Siemens CX70 EMOTYToday Siemens unveiled the CX70 EMOTY ? the first handset that enables consumers to share emotions with others. The CX70 EMOTY is equipped with a special cover that includes a bridgeless keypad with ten emotional categories so users can easily select the type of smiley they wish to insert in a message. By using the phones integrated stroke, press, and shake sensors, the animated character is controlled to express the users mood. The sensors identify the intensity of the users mood and in turn, the EMOTY character responds at the same level. Together with a text, the conveyed emotion can then be sent as an animation via MMS to all MMS capable mobile phones to be shared with others. Three preinstalled 3D EMOTY-characters ? Laura, Joey, and Wobble will be available out of the bow, while others, including Garfield, will be downloadable from the Siemens WAP portal.

The CX70 EMOTY has the same basic features as the standard CX70, which include a 65K TFT screen, VGA camera, 9.5MB memory tri-band GSM, and Push To Talk. The phone will be sold in Europe and Asia Pacific from the fourth quarter 2004

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