After much anticipation, the Zumba Phone has finally been officially announced, and it promises to be the first 100% accurate voice recognition handset. The news has come after the BBC launched a video detailing the product, but as yet this video is the only piece of information that is being provided.

Voice recognition is nothing particularly new, but the Zumba is set to pave the way for the technology to take over the way we communicate with each other.

A thin, credit card-sized handset, it works by plugging an earpiece into the back of the handset so that users can activate everything simply by using their voice.

Even text messages are being revolutionised. There’s no more playing around with fiddly buttons, and you don’t even have to look at the screen. Instead, the Zumba simply reads them out to you on the go with the click of a button, and then you can dictate your own text message to be sent right back without so much as looking at the phone.

What's more, according to IA Technologies, the developers of the Zumba, none of the contacts are actually stored on the phone, but instead are kept on a safe and secure website. This sounds a bit high-tech and perhaps unnecessary, but if it gets lost then it would be impossible for a thief to use.

Although further information on the Zumba is not yet finding its way out of the top secret location in Hereford where it is being manufactured, it is predicted that it should be on the shelves by the end of the year.