SkinDisplay

I can imagine it is quite annoying when people are showing their BlackBerry's 24 hours a day while doing everything they have to do and sending messages at the same time. I have to admit, I am becoming one of these persons, but I know it and I can stop it. Although it is true that I feel unsocial when I don't answer a BlackBerry message within five minutes. Where is this coming from? Without these possibilities to answer right away I never would have felt that way. This is an important dilemma concerning these media. On the one hand there is the advantage of being available any time any day. On the other hand, this everlasting availability comes with a lot of stress, since pressure arises to answer immediately every message we receive. Nevertheless, there may be a solution to it. 

Because technology never stops, a new way is found to read messages on your mobile phone; a very original one. The project is sponsored by the makers of BlackBerry and works in combination with another concept: SmartCall. This application uses software and services to enrich voice calls with a deeper level of information. When you receive a call the reason, the urgency and the time frame for response will appear on the screen.

SmartCall

You need SmartCall to make use of another concept called SkinDisplay, which makes it possible to read a message on your phone without taking it out of your pocket. How is this ever going to work?

When receiving a call, the information concerning the reason, urgency and time frame for response from SmartCall will appear on the back of the phone when touching it. When you press your finger on the raised message the text will be imprinted in your skin. To erase it, you can easily rub your fingers. The idea is that while making use of these applications, communicating digitally is more closely based on face-to-face communication and on the complexities of human behavior. Click on the link to see a Demonstration of SkinDisplay.

Long live the technology!