Motorola Granted Patent For 'Smellophone'
 

*Source: Information Week (http://www.informationweek.com/hardw...ID=199501010)*
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Touting the future of the mobile phone market at the Software 2007 Conference in Santa Clara, Calif., earlier this week, Motorola CEO Ed Zander made no mention of his company's secret weapon: The smellophone.

Last month, Motorola received a patent (http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...&RS=PN/7200363) for a "Communication device having a scent release feature and method thereof."

The phone becomes what amounts to a wireless-capable Glade PlugIn. It uses the phone's battery to heat a replaceable scent pack to 54 degrees Celsius, which releases the fragrance.

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