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last100: iPhone-envy: Nokia unveils S60 touch interface

  • Abhishek · 2 years ago
    Steve,

    I was excited half way through the video where they talked about touch sensitive UI, one handed operation and tactile feedback.

    However when they pulled out the stylus, it totally bummed me out. After all the pitch of importance of touch and fancy graphics of people touching all sorts of things, they pull out a stylus?? Who cares about stylus's anymore? They got to get rid of that.

    Also I have seen tactile feedback in the past. The technology is good, but quite frankly it comes down to how Nokia implements it. If they just throw that in as just a feature, it wont do much good.

    Abhishek
  • Steve O'Hear (editor) · 2 years ago
    @Abhishek

    I agree, the stylus is out! However, S60 is just a software platform, and the new touch UI is designed to offer the option of a traditional stylus approach or iPhone-like finger input. Obviously, the two require a different approach, with the latter needing big chunky on-screen buttons etc.
  • Raver · 2 years ago
    @ Everyone Above

    I agree about the stylus thing for sure 100% of the way!
    The S60 looks very promising but something I noticed in the video and you guys are both saying that it is a NEW Touch UI when it's not. iPhone was the first ""MOBILE"" MULTI-Touch Interface to come on the US market. Nokia has to make somthing so its customers and stock-holders feel like they're getting something for their money and that's the only reason they will never beat the iPhone. The only reason they realeased it is because they have to compete and by the time this comes out Apple will have iPhone V2. It is sooo pointless for companies to compete with the iPhone by just throwing something with Multi-Touch that won't come out for another year. IF you're in motorolla and you're reading this, then tell youreselves to stop trying to come out with something for competetion and start making something that should take at least a year to make and at least should be out 2 months after you announce it. Make it litterally "KILL iPhone." But if you can't do that, then good luck :)
  • Abhishek · 2 years ago
    @Raver,

    I agree that no one is pushing the limit. It seems as if Apple has set the bar for everyone else. Quite frankly everyone is simply trying to reach up to the bar. So far I havent seen anyone get up their too. I cover some of these in my post from late August.

    http://abhishek.tiwari.com/2007/08/31/iphone-im...

    I agree that any iPhone killer will need to go above and beyond the iPhone itself. Having said that it is going to be very very difficult to better the iPhone, even if price wasnt a barrier.
  • David Mackey · 2 years ago
    I've been very impressed with the innovation I've been reading about over at Nokia. I am sure Apple is watching them.
  • sonybuff · 2 years ago
    Stylus is very GOOD - how can you sketch or make a signature with your digit, hugh?
    A hefty Hard Drive (not a silly 8 GB), 5 MP vid cam + front webcam + on the market a.s.a.p. and they have a winner. If they can shoehorn GPS - so much the better. G/GSM Quad Band and above all UNLOCKED (accepting any sim card from any carrier) and bye bye iPhone...