Bye, bye buttons?
I read an article (Read it here.) today, and the title is "What cellphone did Steve Jobs use before he had an iPhone?" Amazingly, I never asked myself this question.
Well, it has been two months since Steve Jobs, CEO of Apple Inc. (Yes, they already changed the name to Apple Inc. instead of Apple Computers.), announced Apple's new product - the iPhone (Read more here.), but the words are still spreading, and more rumors of other touchscreen cellphones are spreading around. Some are even saying that Google will release its touchscreen G-phone to kill the iPhone. While rumor has it, LG is actually working on its collaboration with Prada - the KE850 (Official Site here.), which is officially the first touchscreen cellphone in the market (Read more here.), and it is going to be out in the Asia and Europe market by this month.
While many are still looking forward to the release of the iPhone in May/June in the US market, I am actually having fun with my touchscreen camera (Sony Cybershot T50). Although it took time to adapt to the touchscreen menu, touch panel is making life much easier. The "buttons" are much larger, and the LCD screen is larger too because the buttons are taken out. Also, you no longer have problem keying the "delete" button by accident when viewing the pictures in the dark because it's a touchscreen - it lights up in the dark.
What do these touchscreen cellphones and cameras imply?
Touchscreen technology is emerging into our consumer electronics and it is going to be the future, and believe it or not, it is happening. Watch a video here and you will have an idea of what I am talking about.
Touchscreen is happening in our cellphones, cameras, and MP3 players, but I am thinking maybe a touchscreen laptop is going to happen very soon. In fact, who will be the first developer, Apple, Microsoft, or Sony?
Anyway, what I really want to know is: Will there be any buttons on our consumer electronics in 2010? Will all classrooms or conference rooms have a touch display instead of a white-board? Will large boutiques have a large touch display allowing customers to browse the catalog and mix and match clothes? Will I be able to move my hands on the TV monitor to pick my TV channel?
Touchscreen technology is going to be a lot of fun. I am looking forward to it.
Other related resources:
iPhone Gallery by Engadget: http://www.engadget.com/photos/first-iphone-pics/
LG Prada KE850 Video on YouTube: http://youtube.com/watch?v=HHs8_OGGNs4
LG Prada KE850 Unofficial Site: http://www.mylgprada.com/
1 comment:
Hey Peony,
Talking about touchscreens, one of my professors was talking to us about the next generation houses that Microsoft is designing right now. In the house, there's touchscreens even on walls and appliances such as refrigerators and ovens.
I know there's touchscreen boards in OHE classrooms on campus. It comes with special color pens where you can write on the board with this pen and even saved it in the computer.
Personally, I think this type of technology is applicable to a lot of things, and it is competing with other ways of inputting information into a device such as voice recognition and handwriting recognition. Afterall, I think the ease and efficiency of inputting information into the device is the main purpose behind those inventions.
side track...
I saw this interesting looking cellphone with paper thin screen. Maybe the next generation cellphones will be even more compact with the foldable thin screens.
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/gadgets/polymer-vision-screen-thin-as-paper-in-cellphones-someday-161890.php
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