Comments on: Thoughts on the iPhone http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/01/17/thoughts-on-the-iphone/ John O'Shea's musings, observations and opinions on anything and everything. Wed, 10 Aug 2011 18:49:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Johnny K http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/01/17/thoughts-on-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-15925 Johnny K Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:55:42 +0000 http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/01/17/thoughts-on-the-iphone/#comment-15925 I think tactile feedback is essential so a new type of screen that supplies this feedback is required. Check out Jeff Han's touch driven UI either <a href="http://www.ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=j_han" rel="nofollow">online</a> or <a href="http://ted.streamguys.net/ted_han_j_2006.zip" rel="nofollow">download it</a>. I think flash will almost certainly be on it . If it is Jobs will no doubt describe it as a "killer app" also. To protect the screen grab a protector from BoxWave. Lots of cons alright, I won't be getting one, but I think it's great to see so much UI innovation in a consumer device. I think tactile feedback is essential so a new type of screen that supplies this feedback is required.

Check out Jeff Han’s touch driven UI either online or download it.

I think flash will almost certainly be on it . If it is Jobs will no doubt describe it as a “killer app” also.

To protect the screen grab a protector from BoxWave.

Lots of cons alright, I won’t be getting one, but I think it’s great to see so much UI innovation in a consumer device.

]]> By: aehso http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/01/17/thoughts-on-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-15921 aehso Wed, 17 Jan 2007 11:30:22 +0000 http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/01/17/thoughts-on-the-iphone/#comment-15921 Hey Simon, Looks interesting, thought the guy says himself, it is 'a very quick hack'. Pretty cool given the hardware requirements are "a $30 camera". I'm picking up my shiny new Wii this weekend and I'm really looking forward to seeing how the game manufacturers make use of the Wiimote in the near future. Spatial control interfaces will, unfortunately, not all suit everyone so the software manufacturers need to make sure they don't isolate some users in the interests of coolness... Hey Simon,
Looks interesting, thought the guy says himself, it is ‘a very quick hack’. Pretty cool given the hardware requirements are “a $30 camera”.
I’m picking up my shiny new Wii this weekend and I’m really looking forward to seeing how the game manufacturers make use of the Wiimote in the near future. Spatial control interfaces will, unfortunately, not all suit everyone so the software manufacturers need to make sure they don’t isolate some users in the interests of coolness…

]]> By: Simon (Etre) http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/01/17/thoughts-on-the-iphone/comment-page-1/#comment-15880 Simon (Etre) Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:27:47 +0000 http://www.xlml.com/aehso/2007/01/17/thoughts-on-the-iphone/#comment-15880 Thanks for the link :-) You might be interested in taking a look at <a href="http://www.etre.com/blog/2007/01/multi-touch_vs_multi-gesture_microsoft_research/" rel="nofollow">our latest post on multi-gesture user interfaces</a>. It shows an example from Microsoft Research that takes Apple's multi-touch UI a step on (by removing the "touch" / tactile feeback altogether!) Thanks for the link :-) You might be interested in taking a look at our latest post on multi-gesture user interfaces. It shows an example from Microsoft Research that takes Apple’s multi-touch UI a step on (by removing the “touch” / tactile feeback altogether!)

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