iPhone

[Aloysius]

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Touchscreen? No thanks.

KJS

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Proximity sensor ftw.

-Al

[samjjones]

It looks like the phone has fingerprint authentication. Confirm/deny?

[maryfield48]

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It looks like the phone has fingerprint authentication. Confirm/deny?

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No mention of that in Jobs presentation. But it has a virtual 'slide' to unlock the screen.



I'm ready to toss my Treo.

[nsdjoe]

$600 seems downright reasonable for ipod/phone/internet/digital camera

[kidcolin]

it pretty much has to have a case though, right?

[maryfield48]

Also, one of the very cool uses of the 'multitouch' is zooming in & out of photos (and maybe web pages?) - put two fingers on the screen close together and slide apart, and it zooms in, slide towards each other, and it zooms out.

And there is a virtual keyboard also, with predictive capability.

[sightless]

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Touchscreen? No thanks.

KJS

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Whats wrong with touchscreen?

[Aloysius]

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Touchscreen? No thanks.

KJS

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Whats wrong with touchscreen?

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Nothing is wrong with it. You also won't actually touch the screen due to the embedded proximity sensor technology, and apparently, it will ignore unintended touches.

-Al

[By-Tor]

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Touchscreen? No thanks.

KJS

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Whats wrong with touchscreen?

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Nothing is wrong with it. You also won't actually touch the screen due to the embedded proximity sensor technology, and apparently, it will ignore unintended touches.

-Al

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3.5-inch wide touchscreen display with multi-touch support and a proximity sensor to turn off the sensor when it's close to your face

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[Aloysius]

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Touchscreen? No thanks.

KJS

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Whats wrong with touchscreen?

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Nothing is wrong with it. You also won't actually touch the screen due to the embedded proximity sensor technology, and apparently, it will ignore unintended touches.

-Al

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3.5-inch wide touchscreen display with multi-touch support and a proximity sensor to turn off the sensor when it's close to your face

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BT - oh maybe I misunderstood the touch screen patent they were going for. I always assumed that they were using the same technology in their widescreen Ipod - which of course, if you actually touch the screen is retarded.

Can anyone confirm / deny / explain the multi-touch / proximity sensor technology in this thing?

LFS - I've been on Cingular for a while in LA, it's good.

-Al