Sony Mobile has posted a video online showing the new floating touch screen technology on the SM Sola smartphone. The new technology allows you to hover over the screen to move a virtual mouse pointer around and when links (as an example) highlight, you can then tap the screen to click on it.

The new technology allows you to interact with your smartphone up to 20mm away from the screen.

Feature of the Sony Mobile Xperia Sola include a 3.7 inch reality display which runs with the BRAVIA engine that Sony is famous for. It does run Android 2.3 gingerbread and it will come with that OS installed although Sony has promised an update to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich although it will technically be close to an Android Jelly Bean launch which will make it about 18 months behind at launch with 2.3 originally being released in December 2010.

The technology is still impressive. Take a look below to see a demonstration of what can be done with Floating Touch technology:

http://www.gadgetvenue.com/floating-touch-screen-technology-from-sony-mobile-demonstrated-03152447/