Tired of having to constantly replace batteries in all of your wireless devices? I know I am. Throwing away cash and time on batteries is no one’s chosen task in life. Wireless computer accessory makers routinely tout their devices and products life-span on a single set of batteries. In regards to wireless mice and keyboards, a solid 10-18 months isn’t out of the norm. I generally don’t have any complaints either. A solid year seems good enough,...
Tapping out your text messages via physical buttons is old, old technology. Touchscreens are a new technology. Why hamper the new with the ‘ol ball and chain of old? Such is the problem Swype sets out to correct. Originally debuting on the Samsung Omnia II, Swype developers stated that other platforms would be supported in 2010. Looks as if they got the ball rolling a little early as anyone itching to try out this innovative new way to text on touchscreens can now...
Attempts to artificially limit customers in the digital age, especially when smartphones, OS’s, and exclusive programs are involved only pushes hackers and developers harder in opening up the platform or program at hand. For today’s “That didn’t last long moment”, we’re looking at the new Samsung Omnia II and it’s exclusive “Swipe” keyboard. This new keyboard is unique because it allows you to “swipe”...
One of the main draws to the iPhone is the touchscreen only design making it smaller as well as giving users access to countless keyboards and languages without the need for costly hardware changes. However, some people still want a bit more physical interaction in their lives. Introducing the iTwinge. For those of you who just simply must have something to touch, this little doo dad slips over the bottom half of the iPhone that is normally displaying a keyboard and...
Too small. Excuse me? If you were wondering why HTC went with a resistive screen on the HTC Tattoo instead of the much more finger friendly capacitive screen, try to push the theories of cost from your minds (we all know it) and fixate on HTC’s official response via Twitter which simply stated that the screen is too small. At smaller sizes capacitive screens will register more miss clicks. Really? Too small at 2.8″? I’m sure the 0.2-0.4 inches of...
