Mitsumi haptic input device could enable one-handed mobile operation
By Darren Murph 
posted February 23rd 2008 4:44PM
posted February 23rd 2008 4:44PM
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But can it play...Dune?
wtf?!?!?
He who controls the haptic input, controls the universe! ':3
Why all these complications!! :S
Why don't they add a thin touch track pad on the same side of a phone where your fingers meet? Just like the one on the iPod and the Zune 2, but thinner and on the side!
Seriously, having a back touch pad means more pain, also means that whenever I click or use the back side, my mobile is going to fall down, so I will need to use my other hand again!
"one-handed mobile operation"... from the pics. it looks like they're using two hands.
Um....I can already control my Sprint Mogul with one hand....
How is this going to help me?
I can already control my iPhone very well with just 1 hand... you see, they actually had UI designers on the iPhone project who took that into consideration ;) Dunno about other phones though....
Can you cut n' paste on it?
can you cut and paste on your phone?
(i don't see how that is relevant...)
wowee, my iphone does this fabled "one-handed operation" as well!
I cut because I'm emo.
I very honestly just don't get it. Same confusion I had with that wrist-flick controlled device too.. I can operate my iphone just fine with one hand, just using my thumb, and I'm sure I could do the same thing on any other touch device of a similar size. Why do people seem to have so much trouble doing this?
I agree completely, I can also control my iPhone with my thumb. But, before this I had an HTC 8525 which basically did not work with fingers at all, if I wanted any kind of accuracy, I had to use the sylus. Obviously impossible to do with one hand. Since it was a pressure touch system and Windows Mobile is setup with skinny horizontal lines instead of the square icons on the iPhone, I would constantly be hitting the wrong line if I tried to use my thumb.
Shit.. I have two hands. Looks like I'm out of luck.
Not being able to use my phone one handed is the only reason i didnt get an iphone, i doubt any way they come up with is going to be as good as buttons you can feel without even looking at them.
Mind control! Now that's what I'm talking about. I'll get excited when my phone surprises me with a delivered pizza, and pays for it too.
If I had a phone as big as the one in the picture I would also worry about being able to control it with one hand, or even two hands...
Its called a thumb and most humans have one built in. You hold the phone, iphone, etc. in the palm of you hand and fingers and use your thumb to depress buttons.
If your one of the unfortunate beings to a have a short thumb, you may want to check into you ancestry...
seriously?
Its all about putting a joystick where you put your thumb usually lies. Why this uselessosity is beyond me.
Been using my MING for months w/o stylus and one handed... only two handed for fast typing, but nonetheless one handed to do anything else.
And THAT is a tiny screen and tiny icons to put yer thumb in.
I've even managed to use the scrollbars with the tip of my thumb, also one handed. So it ain't big deal.