Korean service allows SMS via TV

If you have difficulty tapping out SMS messages on your cellphone's tiny keypad, you're in for a world of hurt if you decide to sign-up for Korea's new SMS-over-TV service, which will require users to input messages using their remote controls. Infobank has recently rolled out this new option for digital cable subscribers, which allows couch potatoes to send text messages to either cellphone users or to other TV sets. We assume that the model in the picture is receiving an SMS from a friend, and does not in fact own a remote that looks exactly like a certain famous flip phone.

[Via The Raw Feed]