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August 22, 2006
Synaptics Mobile Phone
The Onyx, a phone concept by Synapics, uses touch-sensitive technology to control the device via its horizontally oriented screen. Though touchs-sensitive control is nothing new in phones'"they've been in Windows Mobile 5 phones for a while now'"this one recognizes "not only points and taps but also shapes and complex movements, together with multi-point input." Some cool applications of that would be: a phone call to Onyx can be answered by simply holding it to your cheek, messages sent by swiping them off the screen with the whole finger. Though this is just a concept, Synaptics says the first phone using this technology will be out sometime this year. Slashgear is taking a wild stab and thinking it may be used in the iPhone, but we'll believe it when we see it. '" Jason Chen Synaptics and Pilotfish Collaborate to Develop Next Generation Mobile Phone Concept [Slashgear]
Posted by Jim at August 22, 2006 09:50 AM
