Mio's Lovebird becomes G50 while LEAP K1 shows both sides of itself
By Darren Murph 
posted Jun 4th 2008 9:55AM
posted Jun 4th 2008 9:55AM
Read - Mio G50
Read - Mio LEAP K1
posted Jun 4th 2008 9:55AM
The percentage of returned gadgets that have nothing wrong with them.
Of the $13.8 billion worth of returned products in 2007, only 5 percent were because gadgets were actually broken, according to a 2008 study.
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I honestly could never see myself ever getting a phone for the sole purpose of getting directions.. That's why I use google maps before my trip, and if I get lost on the way I use google earth on my win mo phone.
And if they come up with the "Well, it's for people who do driving for a business" then why not just get a GPS unit to install in the car? Not only will they have a bigger screen, but since it's a unit built for ONE thing, it'll more likely be better at what it does.
I'm sure they'll sell like crazy (in Asia). :-p
Very True...
But I wonder where the design cues are coming from? It seems that it
has been exactly 1 year ago that the market was full of button laden
devices...
I wonder what (or who) could have started the trend towards rectangular touch screen devices?
@iEye...
Its called the IBM Simon. It was designed in 1992 and featured a large rectangular touch screen filling the front of the device and had phone / PDA capabilities...
http://cdecas.free.fr/computers/pocket/simon.php
@ ieye
i'd say htc, they've been making phones with large touch screens for a while now. or maybe even lg, they did make one of the first devices that harldy has any buttons..
the answer you wanted? :-p
@iEye also:
Hmm, my old sprint Palm phone from about 6 years back was a rectangular , button-less touchscreen phone. Is THAT what you were thinking of?
Every screen made since the dawn of screens has been a (gasp) rectangle. I wasn't aware that any one company had a lock on a particular gemetric shape :/.
I'm terribly confused here. The LEAP K1 has two screens, a square one on one side (with the 12 hard keys) and a touchscreen on the other side?
Yes - you flip it over to use the two features. I personally like the concept; if there was a switch that deactivated the buttons on the side facing down, that would be even better.