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    Image of Identity (Metric) Identity (Metric)
    10/16/09

    In reply to Samsung Screen Resists Merciless Hammering Without a Scratch
    Well, color me impressed. OLED screens are quite cool. #samsungamoled
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    Image of asalas asalas
    10/16/09

    In reply to Samsung Screen Resists Merciless Hammering Without a Scratch
    looks like the size of an i-phone screen ... hint hint #samsungamoled
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    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    10/16/09

    @asalas: Actually, iPhone has a 3.5" screen. This is 2.8". Doesn't mean it couldn't go in an iPhone, though. I would imagine they'll be making this larger. After all, Samsung's Moment phone has a 3.2" AMOLED (no idea if it's this one). Most smartphones are bigger than 2.8" these days. #samsungamoled
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    Image of JellyBeats JellyBeats
    10/16/09

    @FigNinja: I think Asalas was cracking a joke.. You know; cause iphone screens tend to crack? #samsungamoled
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    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    10/16/09

    @JellyBeats: I think I was slow on the uptake. Thanks. #samsungamoled
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    Image of TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H. TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.
    10/16/09

    In reply to Samsung Screen Resists Merciless Hammering Without a Scratch
    Wow that got to be the nerdiest song ever.

    Also, why did they change between the rubber mallet and the black one? I call shenanigans. #samsungamoled
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    Image of SigmundTheSeaMonster SigmundTheSeaMonster
    10/16/09

    @TheLostVikings R.O.A.C.H.: Black is a deadblow, other has polyurethane bumpers. #samsungamoled
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    Image of haroldiv haroldiv
    10/16/09

    In reply to Samsung Screen Resists Merciless Hammering Without a Scratch
    pshhh hammers... try putting 40 lbs of pressure on it with an industrial press like we did last night. thats 8+ ford F350's. It didnt end well. Hint explosion..... #samsungamoled
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    10/16/09

    @haroldiv: Your use of "we" suggests that you were one of the people there. One of the people that let that idiot stand so close to a press that was crushing a piece of metal that could have killed him. I wouldn't promote this, I'd be embarrassed of it. Almost Darwin award my friend. #samsungamoled
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    Image of haroldiv haroldiv
    10/16/09

    @The Lab: very valid argument however.... not posting such an obvious fail of a video would violate every nerd bone in my body. How many nutshot videos never hit the net cause some guy was embarrassed? None of us expected it to explode... the one before it bent in half. oh and no thats not me, i was "safely" behind a camera the whole time.... #samsungamoled
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    10/16/09

    @haroldiv: haha, ok you got me with the nerd argument. Way to own it. #samsungamoled
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    Image of Adam Spano Adam Spano
    10/16/09

    In reply to Samsung Screen Resists Merciless Hammering Without a Scratch
    I was wondering what the point of a flexible screen was... now I understand. Unbreakable screens on devices! awesome! #samsungamoled
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    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    10/16/09

    @Adam Spano: That's a huge part of it but you could also have things like roll up display like the old Readius. [gizmodo.com] I think another big application would be for advertising with displays that conformed to various shapes. #samsungamoled
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/16/09

    In reply to Samsung Screen Resists Merciless Hammering Without a Scratch
    I call Industrial-Light-and-Magic on this one. #samsungamoled
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    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    10/16/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: Usually when you hit something with a mallet, the mallet bounces back a little. I'm not seeing that here. #samsungamoled
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    Image of Kaiser-Machead Kaiser-Machead
    10/16/09

    @FigNinja: Around the 2 minute mark is what I guess you're talking about. I hear the noise, but it seems really off. I wanna kinda call quasi-shenanigans on this. #samsungamoled
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    Image of FigNinja FigNinja
    10/16/09

    @Kaiser-Machead: I think I noticed it because I had my sound off when I was watching. #samsungamoled
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    Image of maven2k maven2k
    10/16/09

    @FigNinja: Yeah, something totally didn't jive with the sound on that video. Now the bending was cool, though. #samsungamoled
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    Image of TemplaPublius TemplaPublius
    09/27/09

    In reply to Microsoft Getting Cleverer and Cleverer With New Multitouch Screen Keyboard
    The opposite is true--the QWERTY layout was designed to minimize mechanical jams, which is obviously a design to speed up typing as much as possible. As QWERTY's invention didn't anticipate any possible effects the layout would have on non-mechanicaal keyboards, the idea that somehow they designed this to slow us down in the 21st century is clearly an old wives' tale.


    For a good demolition of the urban legends surrounding keyboard layouts, I'd recommend this paper: http://www.utdallas.edu/~liebowit/keys1.html
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    Image of Pope John Peeps II Pope John Peeps II
    09/26/09

    In reply to Microsoft Getting Cleverer and Cleverer With New Multitouch Screen Keyboard
    Since the keys are always in the same relative position to your fingers, you will always have a physical point of reference

    Actually the patent mentions that it will only bring the keyboard to life with a pre-set tough gesture involving a palm and a couple of fingers. It generates a keyboard based on where your hands are, and modulates the size of that keyboard by the distance between palm and finger. Then there's a gesture to dismiss the keyboard.

    So anyone who assumes that this is some kind of weird, floating keyboard that follows you around and disappears when you raise your hand....well.... you're silly.
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    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    09/26/09

    In reply to Microsoft Getting Cleverer and Cleverer With New Multitouch Screen Keyboard
    Hard to believe that we have not improved upon the keyboard after 100 years of typing. Seriously?

    Where is my neuro-interface?
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    Image of ReconToaster misses garnett :( ReconToaster misses garnett :(
    09/26/09

    @RainyDayInterns:

    Well you know, the QWERTY layout was originally designed for the purpose of making typing as slow as possible, so that people working on type-writers didn't move too fast for the machine.
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    Image of Entaum Entaum
    09/26/09

    In reply to Microsoft Getting Cleverer and Cleverer With New Multitouch Screen Keyboard
    Great idea, too bad you'll need gorilla hands to be able to hit backspace..
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    RainyDayInterns promoted this comment Edited by Entaum at 09/26/09 9:29 AM Entaum was starred Entaum was unstarred
    Image of RainyDayInterns RainyDayInterns
    09/26/09

    @Entaum: With a virtual keyboard...we are pretty sure they can let the user resize it to fit the span as appropriate.
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    Image of craig_16 craig_16
    09/26/09

    In reply to Microsoft Getting Cleverer and Cleverer With New Multitouch Screen Keyboard
    I don't see this working. There is still no real feedback, so your hands would start to wander almost straight away.
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    Image of kickassy kickassy
    09/26/09

    @craig_16: Thats the point. the keyboard will always move with your hand on the screen. The base of the hand is the point of reference for the position of the keybourd. As long as you keep the base of your palm on the screen, the keyboard will always align itself to the right position.
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    09/26/09

    @kickassy:

    Yeah, it sounds like the best solution there is for a touch screen (unless they could make a keyboard magically ascend from the screen itself), but I think I'll always prefer a physical keyboard.

    The tactility of a physical keyboard... cannot be beat.
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    Image of Jesus Diaz Jesus Diaz
    09/26/09

    @craig_16: Thank you for completely missing the point.
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    Image of craig_16 craig_16
    09/26/09

    @kickassy: Always keeping the base of your palms on the screen would require an input area approximately the size of a 12-inch screen. On a single screened device there wouldn't be enough room to actually see the document you are typing. Even if there was some way around that, I still don't think this would be a desirable way of entering large amounts of text.
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    Image of Bokusatsu_Tenshi Bokusatsu_Tenshi
    09/25/09

    In reply to Microsoft Getting Cleverer and Cleverer With New Multitouch Screen Keyboard
    Nice idea... might need some getting used to, but what wouldn't?
    I'm still waiting for someone to make this happen though:
    [xspblog.com]
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    Image of witeowl witeowl
    09/25/09

    In reply to Microsoft Getting Cleverer and Cleverer With New Multitouch Screen Keyboard
    On top of no G, two Bs, and a mis-shifted bottom left row... the right hand is not in proper home position. I love the idea, but seriously, how could they not get an artist who actually understands touch typing? Is MS that hard up?
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    masterage promoted this comment witeowl was starred witeowl was unstarred
    Image of masterage masterage
    09/25/09

    @witeowl: two occurrences of the letter B I can understand; it's legit, as on a LOT of keyboards, the spacing from J and F is the same. I even have an old keyboarding book that instructs that B is hit by what is typically the user's dominant hand, although it's actually more on how you learn as well.

    It's one of the key positioning letters: the letter H. IIRC, the entire right hand should be one key to the right. That way, they can put the letter G on the left bar. Well, that, and J is where the rests are, along with F.

    BUT, it's a prototype art piece. All it has to show is that it, well, exists.
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    Image of ryno365 ryno365
    09/25/09

    In reply to Microsoft Getting Cleverer and Cleverer With New Multitouch Screen Keyboard
    What I want: an entire multitouch desk computer that also has a retractable display in addition to the desk surface which is also a multitouch display.
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    Image of spannu spannu
    09/25/09

    @ryno365: Also, both your chair cushions are multitouch displays. You know, for when you need to type with your butt.
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    Image of AEchinoderm AEchinoderm
    09/25/09

    @spannu: If I lean sideways to let a fart out, will it think I am trying to type something?
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    Image of spannu spannu
    09/25/09

    @AEchinoderm: I certainly hope so.
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    Image of itsjareds itsjareds
    09/25/09

    @AEchinoderm: This reminds me of Opera face gestures.
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    Image of tikon tikon
    09/26/09

    @AEchinoderm:
    Maybe it types... "fart"?!
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    Image of Evan, How Dare you Sir! Evan, How Dare you Sir!
    09/25/09

    In reply to Microsoft Getting Cleverer and Cleverer With New Multitouch Screen Keyboard
    Even though the keyboard is referenced with your hand, will it take into account "how" you type (if you have short fingers, long fingers, where your fingers normally hit the keys), because without tactile feedback, I can still see typing being a big problem - especially with keyboard shortcuts.
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