Re: [SVHMPC] concept phone with only a touchscreen for UI

2007-06-06 Thread adrian cockcroft
Thanks for the link to Rapidobject. Looks like a nice idea. They charge 1.9euro's per cubic centimeter (31 euro's per cubic inch), while techshop.ws charges $10 per cubic inch for 3D printing (plus membership fee that gets access to lots more tools). They also seem to be in Germany rather than

Re: [SVHMPC] concept phone with only a touchscreen for UI

2007-06-06 Thread Shawn Rutledge
On 6/6/07, Sven Neuhaus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: You could just whip one up in a CAD program and make it available at a 3D-printer store like http://www.rapidobject.com/ for everyone to order. Wow that's a cool service! Is there anything like that in the US?

Re: [SVHMPC] concept phone with only a touchscreen for UI

2007-06-05 Thread Thomas Gstädtner
You are right, and that was before some years. They used this concept in the whole P-Series except the newest one (P990i) afaik. 2007/6/5, kenneth marken [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Bradley Hook wrote: A possible solution for this has been discussed under an accessibility thread. The Maestro is a

Re: [SVHMPC] concept phone with only a touchscreen for UI

2007-06-05 Thread Gabriel Ambuehl
On Tuesday 05 June 2007 15:16:30 Thomas Gstädtner wrote: You are right, and that was before some years. They used this concept in the whole P-Series except the newest one (P990i) afaik. For all I can tell, my P900 uses REAL buttons pushing them makes nothing come out of the back of the flip,

Re: [SVHMPC] concept phone with only a touchscreen for UI

2007-06-05 Thread Dylan McCall
A problem with the buttons layer is that now we have something very oriented towards one specific situation, so it seems less friendly for random development of stuff, such as full-screen games without actual buttons. Of course this cover would probably be removable, but if it were to happen it

Re: [SVHMPC] concept phone with only a touchscreen for UI

2007-06-05 Thread Steven Milburn
Well, Bradely's suggestion included making the flip transparent. If it's transparent, the button definitions can still be on the screen, instead of written on the buttons themselves. Now the only thing that is fixed is the shape of the button matrix. Personally, I'd like to see a touchscreen

Re: [SVHMPC] concept phone with only a touchscreen for UI

2007-06-05 Thread michael
Someone was telling me about a nano technology that could do this, but it's not anywhere near a product yet. But a good application might accelerate the transition from lab to product. Wish I could remember where I heard that... Another one I heard about was a way of generating a

Re: [SVHMPC] concept phone with only a touchscreen for UI

2007-06-05 Thread Joe Friedrichsen
On 6/5/07, Bradley Hook [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Steven Milburn wrote: Personally, I'd like to see a touchscreen with some type of ability to raise dimples at any point under software control. Kind of like a braille reader on acid. If only such a thing existed. (does it?) One word:

Re: [SVHMPC] concept phone with only a touchscreen for UI

2007-06-05 Thread adrian cockcroft
Or invert the problem, instead of buttons, make holes. The touch sensitive surface is exposed through the holes, and you can feel which hole you are poking at. A relatively stiff transparent cover with holes in is easy to make (techshop.ws laser cutter :-) and clip onto the face of the phone.

Re: [SVHMPC] concept phone with only a touchscreen for UI

2007-06-04 Thread Chris Palmer
Interesting ideas, but I'm not sure that any adequately handle the tactile needs of a touch typist. Without looking at the keys, I can feel the nubs on the home keys on my phone's mini qwerty to get lined up again. I also have the same concern with using a laser projected keyboard (even tho

Re: [SVHMPC] concept phone with only a touchscreen for UI

2007-06-04 Thread Bradley Hook
A possible solution for this has been discussed under an accessibility thread. The Maestro is a simple (yet effective) clip-on cover for PocketPCs. There are a few different versions of it, which work with various different brands and models of PocketPCs. Check out a picture at: