Comments on: New LG Includes Touchscreen, Mysteries

By: gblcd

gblcd — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 18:46:12 +0000

One thing is importent about touch screen mobile is don’t worry about buttons bcoz there is problem in regular mobiles to damage buttons due to pressing.

By: bjhanifin

bjhanifin — Mon, 18 Dec 2006 03:55:13 +0000

Touchscreen dialing is fine… until you need to call someone while driving down the road! The calendaring features and Outlook sync features of my Pocket PC / Phone are very handy! But it is a bit disappointing as a phone.

I had to invest an extra $30 in MS Voice Command software so both my wife and I could dial my phone accurately while driving. (As a passenger she even had trouble hitting the touchscreen numbers while driving down the road even though she wasn’t the driver).

By: unqtom

unqtom — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 18:54:31 +0000

NOKIA 7710http://www.nokia.com/7710
is so far the best Smartphone with the highest resolution Touchscreen ever –
I have it for 3 years now and i don’t see any way to give it up to any other present solution, cos any and each of these are kids toys in comparison to this mammoth
- and i am not talkin bout the size but tons of features ;).

By: pankaj

pankaj — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:40:47 +0000

One thing bad about “all touch screen” interface is the repair. God knows what it takes to repair this stuff…may be replacing the phone!!

By: S.

S. — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 07:22:14 +0000

Oh I forget the link: http://www.mtvenmodemobile.com/ (means MTV in mobile mode)

By: S.

S. — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 07:19:12 +0000

May I inform you: here in Paris (France) we got a full touchscreen MTV mobile phone (nickname: MTV 3.0) with online contents and I think build in too. I don’t about the manufacturer behind the device but the phone is on the market since few month. If you interested I’ll translate the specs but I’m too lazy now (sorry ;-), just let me know.

By: Peter

Peter — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:52:18 +0000

The thing is, screen realestate and overall size, this is a great compromise. I’m just afraid as Kurt said, fast typing ( I can do 30+ words per minute on my treo) will create some huge mistakes on a touchscreen qwerty.

By: Lydon

Lydon — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:27:51 +0000

Yeah, people that text a lot (like 1,000+/month) are probably so used to feeling the buttons click underneath their fingers that a touch screen would really screw them up.

I have a Dell Axim PocketPC with a stylus and all that handwriting recognition crap and I can text on my LG about 5 times faster than I can write on my Axim.

By: Matt Hickey

Matt Hickey — Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:22:48 +0000

@Kurt: that’s a fine point. I use the buttons on my Treo for typing, even though I could use the touchscreen. I seem to remember a couple years ago some Japanese group came up with a touchscreen that had dynamic raised areas, it could be used for Braille or tactile response. Wonder what happened to them? I’ll check my vaporware drawer when I get home.

By: Kurt Collins

Kurt Collins — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 23:38:52 +0000

The only problem with touch screens is that you lose the tactile response a “regular” phone offers. A lot of people have gotten used to touch-typing with their phones (whether it be their Crackberry, their Treo, or their LG) and to switch to a touch screen is often difficult for people. I use a PPC-6700 and even I somewhat miss the tactile nature of my old phone.

Overall though, I definitely support a move to touch screen. If we can find some way to provide a way to type without looking using a touch screen, all the better.

By: drdrew

drdrew — Fri, 15 Dec 2006 20:14:41 +0000

I’m surprised as well there aren’t more. Given the demand for quality mobile content while respecting the small size requirements consumers want, this is definitely a step in the right direction…