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| Authored by: Anonymous on Sunday, October 07 2012 @ 09:08 PM EDT |
About ten years ago I was looking for a new PDA. I wanted to get one that
ran Linux, and remember seeing a Motorola unit. Going by my admittedly
fallible memory, it was about the same size as an iPhone. I ended up
buying a Palm Pilot instead because that was what the company had
standardized on.
I did a Google search, trying to find the model I remember, and had no
luck. Maybe someone else might remember the model.
Who knows - the information might be useful to Samsung.
Wayne
http://madhatter.ca
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| Authored by: JonB on Wednesday, October 10 2012 @ 12:06 AM EDT |
There are a number of functional reasons for using rounded
corners, or to employ rounding in general. Sharp edges can
cause damage to pockets, catch on things and otherwise be
uncomfortable or even dangerous - it's not just a design
aesthetic. Also, the rounding helps deflect force better
than a sharp corner. Drop something on the point of its
corner and see the damage (deformation) to the object with a
rounded corner versus one with a sharp corner. I would have
thought this would be an obvious design pattern with many
precedents and examples. We've used it anywhere from gothic
arches (to draw the weight of the supported structure down
to the supporting columns) to medieval helmets (in order to
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