Nokia's 'jack-in-the-box' smartphone enables kids to interact easily
London, May 25 ANI: Making an advent in the world of kids' phones, Nokia has developed a smartphone based on the jack-in-the-box concept. The 21st century version of the traditional "jack" has been designed in Silicon Valley and is named 'Toaster'. The device enables young children to easily interact with out-station family and friends, reports the New Scientist. The smartphone overcomes the shortcoming of ordinary phones used by adults and older children who work on the asynchronous write now, read later communication principle of text messaging and email. The Toaster is fitted with a microcomputer, which communicates with the phone through a Blue tooth radio. The device is designed as a spring-loaded box with a hole at the top for inserting a smartphone. On pushing the phone down, an application gets activated and responds to a Bluetooth command to play "Pop Goes the Weasel". It then pops up to either display an image or video or take a photo. The device operates on three different modes, for capturing and displaying self-portrait photos, for uploading a family album and the final mode, which uses videos rather than photos. In the final mode, adults use a website having the 'Sesame Street' character Elmo. The device facilitates them to record playful messages for the children. ANI
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