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Rocco Augusto
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 Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 10:00 am Post subject: Mobile Phones Will Get Tactile Touchscreens! |
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http://www.infoworld.com/article/06...LC-TB2006-06-27
"Press your finger on a cellphone touchscreen in 2007 and the screen could press right back. Immersion said Monday that it plans to license its force-feedback technology to handset makers, to make virtual buttons on cellphone screens... Built into a PDA (personal digital assistant) or smartphone, a haptic screen doesn't actually flex against a user's finger, but a small electric motor behind it delivers a small tap. Combined with an audible "click" feature used in platforms like automated teller machines (ATMs), the overall effect helps mimic a mechanical button on a digital screen"
This is awesome! I have been waiting for a piece of technology like this for a long time. One thing I have always hated about touchscreen based devices was that I actually have to pay attention to what I'm doing on the touch screen to make sure I don't hit the wrong thing. This is why I love my Smartphone, I don't have to look at it to know which button I'm hitting which is really handy when I'm in meetings. 
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Jerry Raia
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| Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 4:43 pm Post subject: Re: Mobile Phones Will Get Tactile Touchscreens! |
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| Rocco Augusto wrote: |
| I don't have to look at it to know which button I'm hitting which is really handy when I'm in meetings. |
You are not supposed to be playing with your phone when you are in meetings!
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mbranscum
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| Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:01 pm Post subject: Re: Mobile Phones Will Get Tactile Touchscreens! |
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| Rocco Augusto wrote: |
| "Press your finger on a cellphone touchscreen in 2007 and the screen could press right back. Immersion said Monday that it plans to license its force-feedback technology to handset makers, to make virtual buttons on cellphone screens... Built into a PDA (personal digital assistant) or smartphone, a haptic screen doesn't actually flex against a user's finger, but a small electric motor behind it delivers a small tap. Combined with an audible "click" feature used in platforms like automated teller machines (ATMs), the overall effect helps mimic a mechanical button on a digital screen": |
Is there supposed to be a link to this story???
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Rocco Augusto
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| Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:15 pm Post subject: Re: Mobile Phones Will Get Tactile Touchscreens! |
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| mbranscum wrote: |
| Is there supposed to be a link to this story??? |
its there... now 
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Thats really strange, it should be there. I can see it in the edit screen. At any rate here it is:
http://www.infoworld.com/article/06...LC-TB2006-06-27
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Jerry Raia
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| Posted: Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:19 pm Post subject: Re: Mobile Phones Will Get Tactile Touchscreens! |
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| Rocco Augusto wrote: |
| mbranscum wrote: |
| Is there supposed to be a link to this story??? |
its there... now
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Damn you are fast. It was there when I looked. You must have just, ahem, snuck it in. 
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Rocco Augusto
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im so worried about whether or not ill forget to put italics in the snippit that i keep forgetting everything else. now i fixed the problem, i made myself a chart
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Alpine has been doing this feedback-touchscreen trick for years on their car navigation units.
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