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Amazon CEO patents smartphone air bags

article published on 12 August, 2011

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos has allegedly filed for a patent that would bring an "airbag"-type system to smartphones and other mobile devices. The patent application, from last February, shows a system where the phone detects it is being dropped and then deploys a damage protection system, similar to airbags in cars. Reads the patent application (via PCW): While the size and weight of ... [ read the full article ]

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Tazer247
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_ 		12. August 2011 @ 22:42 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Trying to think of reasons this is impractical. All I can really come up with is how often i toss my phone onto my bed or a couch for whatever reason. A bad habit anyways. Seems like a neat idea.
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DXR88
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_ 		12. August 2011 @ 22:52 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
well shit, i better hurry up an submit my deployable emergency parachute systems for electronic devices.
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JGJD2001
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_ 		12. August 2011 @ 22:58 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
lol.....the next patent dispute of the future perhaps lol
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Mr_Bill06
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_ 		13. August 2011 @ 03:30 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I got the next big thing a foam phone! Springs lol who wants a phone with springs sticking out everywhere. A blast of air so what all phones with this will need a canister to hold air. For what so once it hits the ground the blast of air is deployed phone goes up hits the ground again as if if 1 fall is not good enough. Again air bags don't go off until a certain spot or amount of force is applied so what will this do? Someone did not think this over for to long I assume.
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Interestx
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_ 		13. August 2011 @ 09:18 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
....and they can't just sell them with a decent properly designed & styled gel enclosure/case because?
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_ 		13. August 2011 @ 11:46 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Originally posted by Interestx:
 ....and they can't just sell them with a decent properly designed & styled gel enclosure/case because?
Because then the iPhone wouldn't drop your calls when you hold it wrong, thus defeating the ONLY feature it has over Android!

Seriously tho...why would a manufacturer include such things? If they want to make a strong phone, they just make a strong phone. I can't count how many times I have dropped my droid on concrete...it still works fine, the keyboard sliders are even tight. Meanwhile, my coworker drops his iPhone once and the screen shatters into a million pieces! I guess Motorola thinks that quality gets repeat customers and Apple thinks that broken phones get repeat customers...and they are both right for their market segments (android is competitive; iOS is not).
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