[Sigia-l] Another brand of sugar: Apple multi-touch

[Andrew Boyd]

On 1/10/07, Will Parker <wparker at channelingdesign.com> wrote:
> As most of you have probably heard by now, Steve Jobs did indeed
> announce an Apple phone today. Among other things, it sports  a touch-
> sensitive screen, which implements a rudimentary 'multi-touch'
> gestural interface.

Will,

the most user-friendly part of the iphone for me is this:
"The proximity sensor detects when you lift iPhone to your ear and
immediately turns off the display to save power and prevent
inadvertent touches until iPhone is moved away."

This is one of the major failings of the o2 smartphones I've worked
around for a lot of the last 12 months - people touch the screen with
their ear while on a call and the phone cuts them off or goes to
calendar or some other function.

Cheers, Andrew