Nokia Rotary Cellphone
// July 13th, 2005 // My Stuff, Technology Bits
In a stunning release today, Nokia finds rotary phones more usable than touchtone. Our employer is excited about getting all our employees moved over to this great new innovation. This help us all find our way back to the roots of classic telephony. I guess they had it right the first time.
As a additional feature, the phone now has “classic ringing” and “rotary clicking” sound effects natively.
An excited user was quoted as saying “I’m too young to have had a rotary phone at home as a kid, but finally I can experience analog fidelity anywhere!”
Touchtone phone creators are fearful that this may have repercussions on existing telephone infrastructure deployed throughout consumer homes. There is additional speculation that large telecom corporations with significant investment in touchtone may be taken aback by this sudden trend in cellphone technology. Some even fear training difficulties in trying to get uninitiated users up to speed on the new technology.
The technology is being dubbed “RotoCell.”
Motorola and Ericsson intend on deploying similar technology in Q2 2006. Kyocera is expected to follow shortly after when the market has matured, release date unannounced.
(photo courtesy of Matthew Batchelder)
2012 
Yeah, I saw these at the RadioShack and for an extra $3.95 you can get a stylus for turning the rotary. I think the stylus is just stupid…well…unless you have larger than normal fingers.
You can get the image for the rotary phone here
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