On an early 2000s Ericsson phone they used the proximity sensor for snoozing. You could wave your hand over the phone to snooze it (and similarly to silence the

On an early 2000s Ericsson phone they used the proximity sensor for snoozing. You could wave your hand over the phone to snooze it (and similarly to silence the ringtone when somebody was calling). To disable the alarm you would actually need to press a button. http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=44 http://www.phonescoop.com/phones/user_reviews.php?phone=44 I bet there are lots of UX innovations like this in older devices waiting to be rediscovered... I wrote about that last summer http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/leap-motion-virtual-interfaces/ http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/leap-motion-virtual-interfaces/