Comments on: Some Background on Apple’s Multi-Touch Tech

By: Surprises on July 11th | The Apple Blog

Surprises on July 11th | The Apple Blog — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 02:52:41 +0000

[...] good surprise would be to find that the iPhone 3G does in fact have haptic technology as has been rumored. Other touchscreen phones already have this technological gem, like [...]

By: The iPhone looks great but I hope they release one without the phone... « Derivadow

Wed, 09 May 2007 22:24:40 +0000

[...] obviously spent a lot of time working on the iPhone’s UX. There are numerous features, both big and small (like slide to unlock), that I’m sure will make it a great device to [...]

By: LG Prada: The iPhone for the Rest of the World? at The Apple Blog

LG Prada: The iPhone for the Rest of the World? at The Apple Blog — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:52:10 +0000

[...] The Prada rocks a full touch screen display with “soft keys” for dialing and handling all the other functions. The resemblance of the LG user interface to that of Apple’s iPhone is uncanny. Location of icons, aqua look, and even the sliding transitions are all very similar. I doubt the Haptics-oriented Multi Touch technology will be as prevalent, but it’s awfully close on everything else. [...]

By: Mirri

Mirri — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 17:50:14 +0000

It would have to be less squishy than pocket PC’s and such - it isn’t a flip phone, so that enormous, shiny screen is going to be exposed to the elements and all the junk in people’s pockets and purses. A squishy screen would be a disaster!

By: Andrew Burke

Andrew Burke — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 08:24:51 +0000

I remember seeing a short while back, an Apple patent where an extra display was in the wrist rest of a notebook. On the display were the kind of sliders you’d see on an audio mixing desk. The implication was that you could manipulate several sliders at once.

One other thing — David Pogue mentioned that he tried tapping in the iPhone with his fingernail and nothing happened. This could mean that rather than being pressure sensitive, the multi touch screen senses the conductivity of your fingers; if this is right then the screen could be much much harder and more durable than the squishy screens seen on Pocket PCs and the like.

By: steve in silv

steve in silv — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 02:40:31 +0000

After seeing the iPhone demos on apple.com, the multi-touch made me think of that scene in The Matrix (#2 I think) where the control room is opening the gates to Zion: translucent screens and keyboards. Very cool.

By: Oliver

Oliver — Thu, 18 Jan 2007 00:46:51 +0000

i would take a look at this too

http://ted.com/tedtalks/tedtalksplayer.cfm?key=j_han&flashEnabled=1