[Sigia-l] From multi-touch to multi-face?

[Lee Hsieh]

Will Parker wrote:

> > Have any of you worked on designs that required users to switch from
> > one face of a physical device to another?
>   
There are phones in Japan which require this dual mode interface 
primarily for scanning barcodes. What happens is that users need to aim 
their cameras via CLI with the phone closed then reopen to process the 
result.  You'd be amazed has how something seemingly simple is fairly 
complex in terms of alternate pathes, error conditions(eg, low battery, 
signal, low memory, etc)

btw, the barcodes being scanned are simply for price info but actual 
product info and rich media.  In many cases, companies will display 
multiple barcodes which can then be 'stitched together to play music, 
video, animations, etc.

Lee