Knowing what we now know of the
Droid -- codename Sholes -- the mere mental image of that "
Sholes Tablet" that we've been hearing about for a while brings us to our geeky knees. Taiwanese forum
Mobile01 seems to have details on just what the Sholes Tablet is all about, and while we'd normally be skeptical to the point of dismissal, the presence of a few believable-looking images has us on the bandwagon. The biggies on the rumored spec sheet include HDMI out, 720p video recording paired to an 8 megapixel cam (which is hopefully of much, much higher quality than the Droid's miserable 5) with xenon flash, and Motorola's own CrystalTalk tech for background noise reduction on calls. It'll apparently be running Android 2.0 -- the presence of
BLUR is unknown -- and the screen is a predictably awesome 3.7 inches at WVGA resolution with multitouch support; missing, as the name suggests, is the original's sliding QWERTY keyboard. All signs point to use seeing this in the next few months, so enjoy those Droids and Milestones while you can, yeah?
posted December 2nd 2009 12:49PM
@Edobe I want my lawyer.
MOTOTOROLA ? ;-)
I like the translated text from the origin page...
"I think Droid have been fast enough in Jesus!"
Well if it's fast enough for Jesus then I guess it's fast enough for me.
How anyone can use the terms "3.7 inches" and "awesome" in the same sentence is beyond me.
Can we stop with the minuscule screens, and start releasing devices with some serious real estate? A 4" screen is the absolute minimum at this point, 4.5" would be acceptable, and 5" would be ideal (provided that the bezel isn't ginormous).
@Spiny Norman Lets hear you talk after you try to make a call on a 5-inch screen using only one hand ;)
@Spiny Norman Enjoy 5" of screen in your pocket, then.
Most of us are looking for phones that are usable.
Droid? Tablet?
Nokia 1112 FTW!!!
Its coming to T-mobile. I have a buddy who was testing it and says its great. He said it had 1.5 but was an early test version and would have 2.0 when it launches.
@TehAndroid
does he have any idea when it will be released?
gellin' like a felon foot inserts sounds tasty? you sick puppy....
i want one on at&t by june, thanks!
AWWWWWWK! just orderd the HTC HD2. but im still happy :)
...but I want a keyboard. Lol.
So you call a cell phone a tablet, and that makes it a tablet ?
@Hydra If you use tablet in the sense that its flat, yes.
If you use tablet in the more recently popularized version, no.
Then again it was never meant to be the later, only to differentiate internally the the keyboarded version vs the non-keyboarded version.
I like this phone, is coming to TMO and I think this will have Motoblur.
There is also another Motot Android, 800mhz processor and 3.8" screen.
Thursday, December 3, 2009 3:06 PM
Motorola Invests in Sensitive Object
From: “Motorola Investor Relations”
To: motorolazine@yahoo.com
SCHAUMBURG, Ill. and PARIS, Dec 03, 2009 /PRNewswire-FirstCall via COMTEX News Network/ — Motorola, Inc. (NYSE: MOT) today announced that Motorola Ventures, the company’s strategic venture capital arm, made an investment in Sensitive Object, a leader in multi-touch anywhere platforms and natural user interface (NUI).
The company was created in October 2003 with an innovative and patent-protected technology capable of “tactilizing” any surface. This unique software technology leverages acoustics to analyze sound waves departing from the point of a touch to precisely and cost-effectively transform any product into a touch device. Sensitive Object’s ReverSys((R)) software can be deployed in any product benefiting from “touch-based” user interfaces including touch screen and touch control in various markets such as mobile devices.
Sensitive Object’s Anywhere MultiTouch(TM) platform extends tactilization to any surface of a device allowing for virtual controls and next generation user-interfaces. As touch and haptics have become standard interaction expectations for personal computing and handheld devices, Sensitive Object demonstrates that acoustic (vs. resistive, capacitive, and optical) tactilization is the state of the art in terms of both performance and cost, and its platform will set a new standard for full 3D device tactilization.
“Natural user interface (NUI) and in particular interacting with a device through touch is an area of rapid development and great excitement,” said Reese Schroeder, managing director, Motorola Ventures. “Sensitive Object provides an innovative and unique approach allowing new ways of interaction. We’re most excited to be involved in their growth and success.”
“We are excited to be working closely with the Motorola team. Motorola is a perfect partner for our disruptive touch solution considering Motorola’s innovative and successful history with mobile phones,” said Herve Martin, chief executive officer of Sensitive Object.
About Sensitive Object
Sensitive Object is a spin-off from the French Science National Research Centre (CNRS). Sensitive Object has been created in October 2003 and by August 2004 has received funding to speed up its development from Sofinnova Partners, a venture capital firm. Sensitive Object has a workforce of more than 20 engineers and has operations in Paris and Singapore. For more information please visit http://www.sensitive-object.com.
Is it just me or this thing is really too thick for keyboardless droid?