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    Microsoft's Bag-Based Computer Interface, For Poking

    Mid-Range HTC Mega Screens Have a Whiff of Sense

    Latest Windows Mobile 6.5 Build Still Trying to Kick That Stylus Addiction

    BumpTop 3D Physics-Enabled Desktop Now Available, Going Multitouch for Windows 7

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    Patent For Gesture-Controlled Phones Could Be Nokia's Answer to Touch

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    Image of Navin R Johnson Navin R Johnson
    11/18/09

    In reply to Microsoft's Bag-Based Computer Interface, For Poking
    I suddenly have an urge for a Capri Sun.
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    Image of Segador Segador
    11/18/09

    In reply to Microsoft's Bag-Based Computer Interface, For Poking
    Thank God! Now maybe my basement indie game, Crater Maker 3000 will see the light of day!
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    Image of Navin R Johnson Navin R Johnson
    11/18/09

    @Segador: Can't wait!

    I can see it now, like a two player version of Moon Patrol. Just try and jump my craters!
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    Image of Gordonium Gordonium
    11/18/09

    In reply to Microsoft's Bag-Based Computer Interface, For Poking
    It looks like it was inspired by Franzia. I've got a hangover just looking at it.
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    Image of met2art met2art
    11/18/09

    In reply to Microsoft's Bag-Based Computer Interface, For Poking
    Puts me in mind of William Gibson's Idoru. Chia's Sandbenders computer...
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    Image of Lupus_Yonderboy Lupus_Yonderboy
    11/18/09

    @met2art: Thank the Lord I'm not the only one - first thought that I had when I read the headline "Oh, so we're living in William Gibson's future now?".
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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    11/18/09

    In reply to Microsoft's Bag-Based Computer Interface, For Poking
    I don't think the designer has taken into account how hardcore computer users interact with their environment and equipment.

    Take this concept, enlarge it to 24" by 18", build it as a seat cushion, and make it react to flatulence.

    For the pro-user, build a 32" by 20" "16:10 Widescreen" model, and make the underside of the ferrofluid seat cushion reactive to Cheetos dust.

    You're welcome, Microsoft Research Labs.
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    Image of Gann Gann
    11/18/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: "I don't think the designer has taken into account how hardcore computer users interact with their environment and equipment."

    So.... put a hole in it?
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    Image of exekias exekias
    08/23/09

    In reply to Mid-Range HTC Mega Screens Have a Whiff of Sense
    hardly a design philosophy, i mean all they do is skin over existing operating systems, and while im in favour of their efforts for andriod, im not to sure about winMO, winMo is crap, it will always be crap, and its design despite this 6.5/7.0 rehash is still crap, all touchflo3d does is slow down the ram and add another variable for the device to freeze up on. plus the above photos look more like touchflo than sense
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    Image of badasscat badasscat
    08/24/09

    @exekias: TouchFlo isn't any slower than the standard WinMo interface. If it is for you, it's because the carrier has loaded your phone up with useless stuff that's slowing it down. Update your ROM and turn off your background apps.
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    Image of Identity (Metric) Identity (Metric)
    08/23/09

    In reply to Mid-Range HTC Mega Screens Have a Whiff of Sense
    I like this "design philosophy." It looks like a pretty clean interface.
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    Image of dallasmay2 dallasmay2
    08/10/09

    In reply to Latest Windows Mobile 6.5 Build Still Trying to Kick That Stylus Addiction
    I really don't get why MS doesn't just skip 6.5 and go straight to 7. No one is going to give a crap about your phone if it still needs a stylus in 2010. The colors aren't as sharp on a resistive screen. The quality seems cheaper. And everyone hates/looses stylus's. Don't release another build until you drop the stylus. Apple, Google, Palm, RIM have dropped it and aren't looking back. Your market share and your legacy apps aren't exactly huge. No excuses. Put WinMo back in the oven for a while, and don't take it out until it's 100% compatible with capacitive touch screens.
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    Image of Jeb_Hoge Jeb_Hoge
    08/10/09

    @dallasmay2: Funny, I've had the same stylus for my Dell X30 PDA since about 2003 (runs WM2003SE) and typically I only need it to enter a lot of text on-screen. I can do a lot of screen navigation without touching the screen at all, too. It just works.
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    04/08/09

    In reply to BumpTop 3D Physics-Enabled Desktop Now Available, Going Multitouch for Windows 7
    ...or a preview button
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    Image of damnelantra™ damnelantra™
    04/08/09

    In reply to BumpTop 3D Physics-Enabled Desktop Now Available, Going Multitouch for Windows 7
    thank god i dont habe OCD
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    Image of Syrax Syrax
    04/08/09

    In reply to BumpTop 3D Physics-Enabled Desktop Now Available, Going Multitouch for Windows 7
    So, what happens when you type porn?
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    Image of alvietron alvietron
    04/08/09

    In reply to BumpTop 3D Physics-Enabled Desktop Now Available, Going Multitouch for Windows 7
    doesn't apple have a patent for this already. I think I remember seeing it.
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    Image of soggy_cheerio soggy_cheerio
    04/08/09

    @friktionn: That's pretty easy to toss out with prior art.


    From 2006:


    TED presentation from 2007: [www.ted.com]

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    Image of OMG! Ponies! OMG! Ponies!
    04/08/09

    In reply to BumpTop 3D Physics-Enabled Desktop Now Available, Going Multitouch for Windows 7
    I beta-tested this program back in July and August of last year. I ran it on a near factory-fresh Sony VAIO Core2Duo with 2.1 GHz T8100 processors, 3GB of system memory and 1GB of video RAM on an NVidia 8400 GS chip. My system was running Vista Small Business (x86).


    Bumptop ran poorly and drained system resources. It certainly ran nowhere as well as in the videos. There was simply no benefit to be gained from it. I have no interest in trying it based on what I saw of it.


    I'd rather see a quality product like CubeDesktop get integrated into Win7.

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    Image of weatherman weatherman
    04/08/09

    @OMG! Ponies!: it's a little unfair to judge it from a beta test you did almost a year ago.


    That said, from what I've seen on this video, I'm not all that inclined to try it myself. It's got a "gee-whiz" factor but I don't think it would be that useful for me, especially since I don't have a touchscreen computer. Maybe when I get that 37" touchscreen easel-style PC in 2014, it'll come in handy...

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    Image of Wormfather is Wormfather Wormfather is Wormfather
    11/21/08

    In reply to Patent For Gesture-Controlled Phones Could Be Nokia's Answer to Touch
    [insert masturbation joke here]
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    Image of Gann Gann
    11/21/08

    In reply to Patent For Gesture-Controlled Phones Could Be Nokia's Answer to Touch
    This has serious potential. I'm tired of smudges on my screen, and when I'm playing space monkey my own hand occasionally obscures my view and makes me miss that oh-so-precious space garbage.
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