TXT'N'WALK app lets you text and walk

No longer will you find it hard to walk and talk due to the camber of the path

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1 April 2009 0:00 GMT / By Stuart Miles

A new mobile phone application has launched that promises to let you see where you are going while you are looking at your phone.

Called TXT'N'WALK the application, which is available on the iPhone, Blackberry, S60 and Android operating systems will use the camera found on the back of your phone to show you the pavement in front of you while you access your email or the web on your phone.

"We found that lots of people look at their phones while they are walking", said a spokesman for the company Looflirpa who makes the app. "This way you can do so without the fear of walking into someone - or a lamppost".

The app, which will be available by the end of the week from the relevant platform's download stores will cost £2.99 in the UK and $4.99 in the US.

The need for the TXT'N'WALK app is clearly answering an as-yet untapped demand. In a recent poll on Pocket-lint, 56% of people said that they checked their mobile phone whilst walking around.

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Comments

  • Looflirpa? Hmmm...
    :)
    Posted by Mickey Mouse, Florida
  • Now thats a sensible app. Would like the video to be shown in more apps than just txt. Posted by Alsiladka, India
  • hah...the saddest part is I would totally pay $4.99 for an app that did that :P Posted by Lena Cardell, United States
  • Wow. Cant wait! Will be buying it as soon as its released. Posted by FloorPail, UK
  • Nice app. Does the camera also show you who is coming up from behind to mug you??? Posted by MikeB PocketGPSWorld.com, UK
  • inspired by Arj Barker :) Posted by Laura, Australia
  • This definitely improves visibility and focus! Posted by Rick, United States
  • Nice app or April Fool? Posted by Valdek, Poland
  • That would actually be awesome. Posted by Mike - MichaelTrimm.Net, USA
  • I hate to admit it, but this would really sell in New York and San Francisco. Someone needs to make this thing. Posted by Onikitsune, usa
  • Here in Portugal we need a high res that shows the dogpoo you are about to tread in. We'll have to wait for the Mk.2 Posted by Jusko, Portugal
  • As long as the delay isn't really bad, this might actually work. Although, you could still get sideswiped pretty easily. Posted by d, USA
  • Could be a TXT N DRIVE version too ... people would definately use that! Posted by lizymae, USA
  • I would like to have TXT'N'GET HIGH app... Posted by Milenko, Lithuania
  • HAHA! April Fools all of ya who believe this!! :-D Posted by Jackson, UK

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