Last updated on May 19, 2015

How many times have you gone out for fast food, only to end up greasing up your phone by touching it after munching a couple fries with a bite of your burger? Well, KFC has an alternative for you, letting you enjoy the best of both worlds.

If you absolutely must use your phone while eating Kentucky Fried Chicken, the folks over at KFC want you to try their Tray Typer, which is basically their usual food tray upgraded to house a bluetooth keyboard!

While the Tray Typer was given to customers at a new KFC restaurant in Germany as part of their advertisement campaign, the initial response was very positive. They just replaced their usual paper trays with the Tray Typers, and customers connected their phones with their trays to tap out emails, text messages or status updates without having to touch their phones (almost).

This is what KFC had to say about the Tray Typer, “KFC is fingerlickin’ good. But using your smartphone while enjoying KFC will leave a not so good fingerprint on your touchscreen. That’s why we invented the KFC Tray Typer – a durable paper tray that transforms into a super-thin, rechargeable wireless keyboard when you connect your smartphone via Bluetooth. We handed out the Tray Typer with every order during the opening week of new KFC restaurants and our fans loved it: Geolocated social media discussions skyrocketed and every single one of the smart paper trays was taken home.”

While we aren’t sure whether these Tray Typers will be launched in other countries as well, it certainly seems like a great idea and should work well for the restaurant’s marketing.

Let us know what you think about this new move by KFC. Will other fast food chains follow suit with their own innovations for customers addicted to mobile use?