--- In [email protected], Vaj <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Jan 9, 2007, at 3:29 PM, Bhairitu wrote: > > > Looks like it does about the same thing as Palm Treos and Windows > > Mobile > > phones have done for years. > > It actually has 200 different patents behind it. If there is a phone > that runs on no buttons, I'd like to see it. What I'd really like to > see is some of these technologies appear on my home PC (esp. the > zooming feature). Actually the closest thing I've seen to the iPhone > is a Sony PSP. > > There's a lot you cannot see in still pictures. For example, it is an > iPod, but notice there is no wheel. Instead of a wheel, when you > finger gets close to the screen, the screen converts to iPod > controls. Same with the phone, the camera, the video display, etc.The > integration with Google Maps is rather cool. If you look closely, > you'll see what you're missing. This is similar to an Mac PC, most > people miss the fine details woven into it.
The touch screen allows 2 inputs at the same time. You can zoom in by touching it with two fingers and spreading them apart. You zoom out by moving your fingers closer together. Apple got a patent on the interface last year. It may or may not allow 2 finger hunt-and-peck with the VR typewriter. Did you notice that it is in the QWERTY format, at least by default? > > The new website is already up: > > http://www.apple.com/iphone/ > > > > > > Their Apple TV box is nothing new either as I've been doing that in > > hi-def for 2 years. >
