Man Docks Nokia Phone in His Prosthetic Arm

A British man born with one arm had a cell-phone dock built into his prosthetic limb, paving the way for those with one arm to take advantage of increasingly sophisticated mobile devices.

According to The Telegraph, Trevor Prideaux, a 50-year-old catering manager in Somerset, England, worked with Nokia and medical professionals to hollow out a space for his . Prideaux apparently approached Apple to test out the unprecedented technology, but was refused.

"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 prosthetic arms—especially those who were not born with the disability," he told The Telegraph.

Prideaux said cell phones were becoming more and more untenable for those with only one hand; while playing with an iPhone he had to balance the device on his limb in order to text.

The dock was built by the Exeter Mobility Center (EMC) in roughly five weeks. First the medical technicians created a fiber mold of the smartphone and building it into the limb. It rests in Prideaux's left forearm, between the stump socket and knob rotary at the wrist.

"This phone is slightly narrower than an iPhone and has both a QWERTY and alphanumeric board, which is easier for me to use," he said of the C7. "Now when I get a 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."

Nokia dubbed the C7 as its when it was announced last year. The C7 comes fitted with a 3.5-inch AMOLED touch-screen display with a Twitter and Facebook feed delivered directly to the home screen. It includes one-touch access to e-mail as well as a number of different apps, games, and services through Nokia's Ovi Store.