Trevor Prideaux, a 50 year old UK national, is the first man who has a built in smart phone dock on his prosthetic limb.

Prideaux was born without his left arm and uses an artificial arm. But because of his prosthetic limb, he had some difficulties in using his smart phone, which is essential to him as a catering manager.

So he sought help from medical professionals and technical chiefs at Nokia to build him a special prosthetic arm that will help him use his mobile phone easily. The experts carved a phone shaped fibercast cradle inside the artificial limb, creating a dock for Prideaux’s Nokia C7.

"I can now take calls and make texts just by using my one hand, while the phone sits inside my arm.” says Prideaux to Telegraph UK.

"The phone slots smoothly and securely within my limb and is easily removable, when required. I think this would help a lot of people with prosthethic arms - especially those who were not born with the disability.

Since smart phone conquered the market, Prideaux appreciates the convenience and help it could bring. But he found it hard to use his phone with his prosthetic arm.

"From owning a mobile phone and with the invention of the iPhone, it became clear that this piece of technology was not ideally suited to be used with only one hand.” He said on an interview with the Telegraph.

"When testing an iPhone, with the thoughts of purchase, I had to balance it on my prosthetic limb to text.”

The UK national used to own an iPhone. So He tried contacting Apple but he said they refused to cooperate.

And when Prideaux decided to approach Nokia instead, it immediately accepted the proposal to work in cooperation with Exeter Mobility Centre, a shop in Devon where he had his limbs made.

The prosthetic arm with a dock built for his Nokia C7 was created in about 5 weeks. Prideaux is very happy because of the convenience of his prosthesis. He claims that smart phone docks on prosthesis will be great help for other people as well who experience the same problem.

"Now when I get call I can either hold my arm up to my ear or put it on speaker phone. I can also take it out if I need to. Texting is also much easier and a lot safer.” He told The Telegraph.

"I am hugely grateful to the people EMC. This is a leap forward which has helped me out a lot and can also aid others."

Prideaux’s smart phone dock on his prosthetic arm wil surely open new ideas to enhance medical technology. So what’s next? A hologram tablet on a prosthetic arm? Or prosthetic legs with built-in wheels? We’ll never know what technology can bring but it surely is exciting.

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