Samsung Electronics has developed a perfume spraying cell phone to release "smell tones" when incoming calls are received.

Photo: Mobile phone with perfume spraying apparatus

According to the recently filed patent application, controls are also available to adjust the type or amount of perfume sprayed. And when the perfume is used up, exchangeable cartridges can be reloaded.

The invention uses a pressurized heating chamber to store one or more scents. Using an ultrasonic controller triggered by the press of a button or an incoming call, perfume is excited and released into the air.

However practicality may hinder its integration and eventual product release. The spray unit adds considerable bulk, contrary to slimmer and smaller market trends. "It may be difficult to embed a perfume spraying apparatus in a small and lightweight mobile phone," the application states. And more fundamentally, "the perfume may stain the mobile phone or the user's clothes."

Mobile multimedia has grown to become a $9.1 billion industry. With ringtones and more recently ringback tones projected at making up 12% of total music sales by 2008, consumers continue to look for new customizations. And Samsung is hard at work to find new ways to differentiate mobile phones.

1. Posted by GSMDude	Fri Mar 24, 2006 10:33 pm
Reminds me of smell-o-vision, which never came to consumers either. Plus I don't like the idea of my pants getting soaked in perfume everytime someone calls.
2. Posted by stargrl357	Sat Mar 25, 2006 10:42 am
sounds pretty cool at first. but now that i think about it having wet pants isnt all that appealing.
3. Posted by mort	Sat Mar 25, 2006 12:51 pm
Gee! Can I get one that smells like a skunk or a month-old unwashed armpit?
4. Posted by Cypher420	Sat Mar 25, 2006 1:25 pm
you got to be kidding. perfume!!! HAHAHAHA!!! what will they come out with next. I cant wait to see
5. Posted by booboy	Sat Mar 25, 2006 2:11 pm
Considering four of the five senses (sight, hearing, touch, and now smell) have been created (LED lights that glow, ringtones, vibrate, and now this perfume sprayer)... that only leaves the sense of taste. I'm not sure they'll invent something for this but if they do... gross...
6. Posted by colione112	Sun Mar 26, 2006 11:10 pm
yea, this is a crazy idea. It'll never catch on. (hopefully not anyway)
7. Posted by brianthebmf	Mon Mar 27, 2006 9:09 am
AWWWWW SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET SKEET!!!!!
8. Posted by jessica06	Mon Mar 27, 2006 1:41 pm
that is crazy!! i have never heard of anything like that. how do we know that the liquid from the perfume isnt going to mess up the inside of the phone...
9. Posted by justin22	Mon Mar 27, 2006 10:44 pm
if they have hugo boss colonge.. SOLD!
10. Posted by ENOUGH!	Wed Apr 05, 2006 8:01 am
Speaking for those who have respiratory problems and already can't breath around people who WEAR perfume: PLEASE SAY THIS ISN"T GOING TO HAPPEN!
11. Posted by joecooper	Wed Apr 05, 2006 12:44 pm
dout it... the smell would stay around and you wouldnt know if somone is calling or if the smell is from the other ring. plus it would take about 20-30 seconds before you actually smell it at all... no point... probally made up
12. Posted by stargrl357	Wed Apr 05, 2006 1:39 pm
there's a link to the actual patent application. while i dont doubt its made up, it dont think i'tll be put into phones
13. Posted by mgoblue	Fri Apr 14, 2006 11:19 pm
most of these are just what if patents. a good majority arent even marketable much less useful.

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