Touchscreens have definitely revolutionized how we use our phones. I can’t even fathom how I had a phone with out it. I think we can all agree that this technology is pure awesomeness but how about we take it a step further with gestures.
In comes Pantech Vega LTE. Launching in South Korea this November sometime, and certainly has some heavy-duty muscle under its hood. It’s sporting 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm processor, 1 GB of RAM, LTE compatibility, a 4.5-inch 1280x800p resolution screen, an 8 MP rear-facing camera, a 1.3 MP front-facing camera and even an NFC chip. Not to shabby, but that’s not whats going to impress you about this phone. Time to wave your best magicians hand to make some magic happen on this device.
Pantech has been working with eyeSight Mobile Technology to integrate gestures into their phones, so now when you want to answer a call and say your hands are covered in dough (this is what’s going on in the video below), you can wave your hand in front of the phone to answer. Pretty awesome stuff. It’s basically taking the idea of the XBOX 360 Kinect and bringing it to the phone. I don’t think “Let’s Dance” will be coming to devices just yet though, but could you imagine? People randomly dancing in public staring at their phones? It could bring us together as a nation.
What sucks about this though, is that Apple has patents on some of this technology and you know how they get. I hope Android will grab something similar to this because I think this would be awesome to have. Check out the video below.
