I caught this from Silicon.com today:
Basically, a study of 2,000 mobile phone users showed that 23% of users would prefer a touch screen, as the iPhone has. So, the iPhone is a class leader in mobile phone technology?
Maybe. The report also stated that 28% would prefer a standard button keyboard.
I think that marketing, especially Apple Marketing, will out, and before long, EVERYONE will need a touch screen interface.
Over at Brighthand, they have a review of the UBiQUiO 701 UMPC.
This isn’t to say that the UBiQUiO 701 is in itself bad–while it does have negative qualities, in my opinion it is by and large a good representative of its class…
The problem with this, as in any other UMPC, is “what the hell do I use it for?” Microsoft say it should be used with a normal laptop. That is one chunk of money to lay out.
Oh dear. Jakob Nielsen, king of usability (or at least he was until other people caught on) has the knives out for the poor old Palm Foleo.
He has a rant about it on his Useit website here, which is perhaps a little unkind. The poor thing’s barely out of its swaddling clothes, and Jakob Herod is after it.
He does have a point about the large phone next to it, and I would have thought basic dimensions on a portable device would be essential.
It’s a shame. I rather like it. It reminds me rather of the sweet Psion Series 7.
I’m going to break the unwritten rule that you shouldn’t apologise for not posting.
Sorry for not posting. I’ve been developing other blogs, and I’ve been struggling to find my way with this blog. I’ve transferred this blog away from Blogger, and back to Wordpress where it belongs.
This blog is all about teeny tiny computers - the sort you can hold in the palm of your hand. A bit like PDAs, but better.
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