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The additional hardware button pressy for the Jack of the Android mobile phones users easily perform a variety of actions button without waking the device. The Kickstarter funding has been achieved already after one day.
The additional button pressy allows to control Smartphonefunktionen camera shots, calls, the flashlight, the silent mode and much more at the push of button, without having to wake your computer from standby. This is made possible by a small connector which is plugged into the headphone jack of your Smartphone. The button sits at the end of the plug and should rise only 0.7 mm from the housing.
Communication between pressy and the Smartphone has its own app. This is started once and automatically detects if pressy is used. Then interprets the entered print sequences and converts them into the appropriate actions. Pressy is not used, running the app in idle and will affect little the battery life.
Users can connect with relevant Smartphone features sequences of short and long print settings. Three actions are preset: briefly pressing the flashlight starts (if there is a photo-LED), a long press will mute your phone. The user press twice briefly pressy, a photo is shot directly. Via the included app, additional features of the Smartphone can be programmed with a sequence of pressure.
Extensive print sequences possible actions
So, the user alone pressing different on pressy may send an SMS to a certain person or call someone. Larger functions are possible. So users with pressy can take a photo and share directly in a social network such as Facebook, without having to unlock your Smartphone. Pressy users also button in certain places can check in and share this on Facebook.
In addition to these time-saving actions functions how to transfer your own position on push of a button are also possible. This could be useful in an emergency. Uses a normal headset, the user instead of pressy the pressy app should also respond to its inputs. Here, the headset button is then used as a pressy replacement.
Financing goal achieved after just a day
Pressy is designed by industrial designer Nimrod back and the app programmer Boaz Mendel. About Kickstarter, they now collect money in series to produce pressy. There are already numerous working prototypes according to the developers. The targeted funding goal of $ 40,000 is already clearly been exceeded after two days with nearly $ 120,000. The financing phase runs until October 14, 2013.
Prospective customers can pre-order a pressy from $ 17. Even $ 5 shipping charges incurred for supporters outside the United States. Delivery is to take place in March 2014. For developers is also a package with API implementation available. Thus, programmers pressy can incorporate directly into your app. Currently, pressy is suitable only for Android devices because the necessary app works only here.
