A TAD STRANGE: A Thanko employee holding the silicone-based "Yubi Nobiiru", literally meaning "stretching finger", at its store in Akihabara, Tokyo. The thumb extender can help users reach all corners of a large smartphone displays without having to resort to two hands.
TOKYO: Human thumbs are just too stumpy to navigate bigger-than-ever smartphone screens, but a Japanese gadget maker has a solution: a thumb extender.
Enter Japan-based Thanko that is hawking a silicone-based device called the "Yubi Nobiiru", or "stretched finger", for 1,480 yen (RM44) apiece.
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