New York First to Roll Out SmartScreens in 250 Public Phone Booths
By Rob Scott
November 28, 2012
November 28, 2012
- Some 250 New York City phone booths will soon feature large interactive touchscreens that provide local information and free Wi-Fi.
- The first 10 opened around Union Square in Manhattan two days before Thanksgiving. New booths will be installed across New York’s five boroughs during the next few months.
- “Cisco, which operates the new service in partnership with City24/7, said New York is the first city in the U.S. to have its public phone booths given the makeover, which involves the installation of large 32-inch touchscreens highlighting local news, local deals, entertainment listings and more,” reports Digital Trends.
- “Information can also be fed from the so-called SmartScreens direct to a user’s smartphone,” notes the post.
- “The new-look booths are equipped with a number of accessibility features, including screen repositioning for wheelchair accessibility and headphone access for the hearing impaired. Multiple languages are also available, including English, Spanish, Russian and Mandarin Chinese.”
- Plans are underway to introduce the high-tech booths to additional U.S. cities and several international locations next year.
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