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| Authored by: IMANAL_TOO on Friday, July 06 2012 @ 04:39 AM EDT |
Apparently there are some documents, like a Neonode manual no less, at the
Federal Communications Commission since 2006!
This makes the Apple case even more suspect.
See
http://forum2.mobile-review.com/showthread.php%3f53597-SGH-Z610-When-Samsung-is-in
spired-by-Neonode
Here are some select remarks from that forum:
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Yes, I was so surprised when I opened the user manual this morning! It is
available from the FCC website.
Will Apple launch something like that too? Ooooooooh
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01-09-2006 16:32 #6
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Yes, nice product. I think touch screen with gesture support is a good
concept.
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i hate samsung for copying
but i like samsung for improving their copies... and make them widely
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So, it seems both Apple and Samsung have used the Neonode's swipe or sweep
interface... Gesture support in 2006, on a mobile phone.
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| Authored by: IMANAL_TOO on Friday, July 06 2012 @ 05:03 AM EDT |
A review of the Neonode N1 in 2006 from Pen Computing at pencomputing.com/Win
CE/neonode-n1-review.html:
NeoNode N1
Can a unique
interface put this compelling smart phone on the map? [...]
A unique
interface
What's so special about the NeoNode then? That would be its
interface which is like no other. There is no physical keypad or keyboard at
all. That itself isn't revolutionary, and the N1 also has fairly standard
components such as a four-way directional pad located beneath its
portrait-oriented rectangular display. The pad not particularly responsive or
easy to use, but we'll get to that later as we assess each part of the
N1.
The unique and different thing of the NeoNode phone is that it uses
a touch screen unlike any you've used or seen.[...]
Swipe, swipe,
swipe
You see, instead of the usual menus and pulldowns, most operations
are performed by sweeps of your finger - usually your thumb - across the surface
of the NeoNode's display. For example, to answer the phone you sweep left to
right. To terminate a call and hang up, you swipe right to left. To bring up
programs or selections, you swipe up along the left side. To access options
within an application you swipe up along the right side. To move between
screens, or modes of operation, within an application, you swipe left or right
along the top edge. If this sounds like the dreaded "gestures" that never really
caught on in pen computing, it's not. The swipes are much simpler, there are
only a few, and they are consistently used throughout all applications. The idea
here is to let you hold a phone in the palm of your hand and operate it entirely
with your thumb. No need to push buttons, view tiny menus, pull out a tiny
stylus, or use scrollwheels, rockers or other such vexing miniature
controls.[...]
What's the bottomline? The NeoNode phone is quite
obviously unique, and it does some things very well. The user interface is
compelling and it's easy to see how just a bit more development could provide
almost total consistency and thus a user experience simpler than pretty much
anything else that comes to mind.
The article's question, "Can a
unique interface put this compelling smart phone on the map?" may well have been
answered, but with the name Apple iPhone...
Oh, the article is also
found here:
web.archive.org/web/20060614162823/http://pencomputing.com/WinCE/neonode-n1-r
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