Mobile Phones Will Get Tactile Touchscreens!

[Rocco Augusto]

<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/06/27/79659_HNphonestouchscreens_1.html?source=NLC-TB2006-06-27' target='_blank'>http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/06/27/79659_HNphonestouchscreens_1.html?source=NLC-TB2006-06-27</a><br /><br /></div><i>"Press your finger on a cellphone touchscreen in 2007 and the screen could press right back. Immersion said Monday that it plans to license its force-feedback technology to handset makers, to make virtual buttons on cellphone screens... Built into a PDA (personal digital assistant) or smartphone, a haptic screen doesn't actually flex against a user's finger, but a small electric motor behind it delivers a small tap. Combined with an audible "click" feature used in platforms like automated teller machines (ATMs), the overall effect helps mimic a mechanical button on a digital screen"</i><br /><br />This is awesome! I have been waiting for a piece of technology like this for a long time. One thing I have always hated about touchscreen based devices was that I actually have to pay attention to what I'm doing on the touch screen to make sure I don't hit the wrong thing. This is why I love my Smartphone, I don't have to look at it to know which button I'm hitting which is <i>really</i> handy when I'm in meetings. :twisted:

[Jerry Raia]

I don't have to look at it to know which button I'm hitting which is really handy when I'm in meetings. :twisted:

You are not supposed to be playing with your phone when you are in meetings!

[mbranscum]

"Press your finger on a cellphone touchscreen in 2007 and the screen could press right back. Immersion said Monday that it plans to license its force-feedback technology to handset makers, to make virtual buttons on cellphone screens... Built into a PDA (personal digital assistant) or smartphone, a haptic screen doesn't actually flex against a user's finger, but a small electric motor behind it delivers a small tap. Combined with an audible "click" feature used in platforms like automated teller machines (ATMs), the overall effect helps mimic a mechanical button on a digital screen":

Is there supposed to be a link to this story???

[Rocco Augusto]

Is there supposed to be a link to this story???

its there... now :worried:

[Jerry Raia]

Thats really strange, it should be there. I can see it in the edit screen. At any rate here it is:

http://www.infoworld.com/article/06/06/27/79659_HNphonestouchscreens_1.html?source=NLC-TB2006-06-27

[Jerry Raia]

Is there supposed to be a link to this story???

its there... now :worried:

Damn you are fast. It was there when I looked. You must have just, ahem, snuck it in. :lol:

[Rocco Augusto]

Damn you are fast. It was there when I looked. You must have just, ahem, snuck it in. :lol:

who me? :worried:

i have NO idea what you're talking about :lol:

:oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops: :oops:

[Jerry Raia]

No worries. I'll keep it a secret. 8)

[Rocco Augusto]

im so worried about whether or not ill forget to put italics in the snippit that i keep forgetting everything else. now i fixed the problem, i made myself a chart :lol:

[James Sonne]

Alpine has been doing this feedback-touchscreen trick for years on their car navigation units.