Originally published November 29 2005
Samsung to make phone that will solve language barriers
by Mike Adams, the Health Ranger, NaturalNews Editor
The new Samsung phone is slated to be ready by the end of this decade, and would be able to interpret and translate languages and even recognize various sign languages and convert them into spoken language.
Samsung Electronics, the world's third-largest cell phone vendor, looks to transform fourth generation (4G) phones into interpreters and portable doctors.
Samsung president Lee Ki-tae, who is in charge of the company's telecom division, disclosed the plan in an article he contributed to The Korea Times.
The 4G technologies refer to a next-generation wireless access solution, which promises an ultra high-speed mobile connection to the Internet for people on the move.
The lightning-fast 4G is projected to be ready for widespread use by 2010 and Samsung Electronics aims to dictate the trend by holding the 4G Forum every year, spearheaded by the 4G visionary, president Lee.
Lee also predicted the handsets would develop into a go-anywhere health monitor by 2009.
``A mobile phone three years from now will become a portable doctor and omnipotent medical device enabling the user to check his or her health condition from home, work or anywhere around the world,'' Lee said.
He gave the example of health checkup devices that are incorporated into cell phones, which can gauge the handset owner's blood pressure or diabetes count and transmit the data to their physicians wirelessly.
``Upon receiving the data, the physicians will be able to make a diagnosis and send back the results to the device,'' Lee predicted.
In addition, Lee said two-way communications between wireless broadcasters and viewers through the handheld gadget will debut during next year's World Cup in Germany.
Terminals for interactive terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasting (DMB) were already unveiled during exhibitions earlier this year like the IFA 2005 held in Berlin, Germany.
``If a viewer is interested in the clothes worn by a certain character in a soap opera, the viewer can simply push a button and receive the information about the clothes,'' Lee said.
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