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Another Thing You Need: A Smell-O-Phone
from the uh-yeah dept
Motorola's been awarded a patent for a smell-o-phone that releases a scent when it heats up. Now, we'll avoid the question of whether or not this patent should have been awarded, given previous things like NTT DoCoMo's smell-o-phone and even that old standby, the Glade PlugIn, which seems to operate on the same general principle. We'll focus instead on the bigger question: who the hell would pay for something like this? Apparently, according to the Motorola employees that wrote the patent, "Some cellular telephone users are the same individuals who enjoy having plug-in scent units located around their homes, and may miss not having a nice smelling fragrance while they are on the go." I miss sitting on my couch when I'm not at home, so where's the patent to build that into my cell phone? If this is the sort of thing that Motorola engineers spend their time on, it's little wonder the company is having such a hard time.
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And this is from the company...
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Oh how AWFUL!
You know what? If I liked the scent, I wouldn't mind it floating around my bag. Big deal.
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New markets abound!
...dust off those old phone sex numbers, y'all, there's a whole new market about to be reborn!
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Wow I just saw this...
*shakes head and walks away*
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Smell-O-Phone
Whatever the smell I would have to throw my cell out the window due to allergies. Could be useful for people with a lot of flatulence if they got a floral scent. Joking.
Dumb, Dumb & Dumber
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Here's an idea...
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Re: Oh how AWFUL!
Carry a pinetree car thing in your bag if you want a fragrence...
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Talk O Scent
This make me lol more than TV news.
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Wrong device for smelling
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What I Really Want
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Thank God for patents! Otherwise, we would never have had this wonderful "innovation" of putting a Glade Plug-In into a cell phone.
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Use them in radar dectors
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Re: Oh how AWFUL!
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Motorola Engineers
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Perfumes
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internet marketing
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