South Korea based handset vendor, Pantech has launched a "Bone-Conduction" mobile phone in Japan on the KDDI network. Bone conduction means a sound wave is conducted through people's skull by vibration and further to inner ear to let people hear. The Pantech-au A1407PT phone has a bone-conduction speaker attached on the front of handset - which users hold to their head to "hear" the conversation.
The company says that the A1407PT is useful for employees who frequently work in noisy places such as construction site, interchange with heavy traffic and subway stations.
The Pantech-au A1407PT has also attracted public attention from before launching with being granted a 'Friendly Design' label by KDDI.
In addition a strong alarm is sounded when pressing and holding (#) button to for self-protection as an anti-crime alarm. Various multimedia functions such as built-in 1.35 mega pixel camera, games and IrDA communication are also supported.
Ihm Seong-Jae, managing director of overseas marketing head office, Pantech Group said "Pantech-au A1407PT is made with craftsmanship of Pantech Group", "This product has greatly improved convenience for users in noisy places and provided opportunity for the people having auditory handicap and old people to use handset as well"
Posted to the site on 18th October 2007
Pantech- au A1407PT
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