Comments on: An ode to my Nokia phone http://uitrends.com/2009/11/18/an-ode-to-my-nokia-phone/ A place to catalog, discuss, and rate trends in user interface design Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:41:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1-beta By: Kate Vander Ploeg http://uitrends.com/2009/11/18/an-ode-to-my-nokia-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-1629 Kate Vander Ploeg Thu, 29 Jul 2010 18:41:57 +0000 http://uitrends.com/?p=1323#comment-1629 Now that a few months have past. I want to bring up again that I STILL make way more wrong selections with my iPhone than I did with my trusty nokia. Granted in general I think the iPhone allows for faster movement through tasks and there are a million features and details that make it essential to making my life so much easier. So, I'm not saying I would give up my iPhone, BUT: I still think it was nice when I could text while driving without looking at the screen. I liked that when I went for an "a" on the keypad I didn't type an "s". When I went to press done or enter, the buttons didn't switch places on me causing me to hit the wrong key. Now that a few months have past. I want to bring up again that I STILL make way more wrong selections with my iPhone than I did with my trusty nokia. Granted in general I think the iPhone allows for faster movement through tasks and there are a million features and details that make it essential to making my life so much easier.

So, I’m not saying I would give up my iPhone, BUT:

I still think it was nice when I could text while driving without looking at the screen.

I liked that when I went for an “a” on the keypad I didn’t type an “s”.

When I went to press done or enter, the buttons didn’t switch places on me causing me to hit the wrong key.

]]> By: Cecile M. Sullivan http://uitrends.com/2009/11/18/an-ode-to-my-nokia-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-746 Cecile M. Sullivan Wed, 16 Dec 2009 23:46:04 +0000 http://uitrends.com/?p=1323#comment-746 I had an older iPod with the monochrome screen and thought that it was great. The iTouch has completely changed the way I travel for business! If you send any amount of time traveling for work or pleasure this is the one device you should have. It allows you to not only listen to music but the screen is wide enough to watch a movie or read a book without getting a headache. The video quality is first class and the great battery life while watching video will allow you stay entertained even on long flights. If you add the kindle app that you can download for free you can purchase and download books from Amazon while on the road. The new 3.0 OS has added some nice features including the ability to record voice messages. The switch from the older style iPod has been just as cool as the switch from PC to iMac outstanding. The only thing I would change is the size. I would go for the 16 GB. I had an older iPod with the monochrome screen and thought that it was great. The iTouch has completely changed the way I travel for business!

If you send any amount of time traveling for work or pleasure this is the one device you should have. It allows you to not only listen to music but the screen is wide enough to watch a movie or read a book without getting a headache.

The video quality is first class and the great battery life while watching video will allow you stay entertained even on long flights.

If you add the kindle app that you can download for free you can purchase and download books from Amazon while on the road.

The new 3.0 OS has added some nice features including the ability to record voice messages.

The switch from the older style iPod has been just as cool as the switch from PC to iMac outstanding.

The only thing I would change is the size. I would go for the 16 GB.

]]> By: KevinL http://uitrends.com/2009/11/18/an-ode-to-my-nokia-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-514 KevinL Fri, 20 Nov 2009 05:16:02 +0000 http://uitrends.com/?p=1323#comment-514 I won't go so far as to say they're the greatest thing since sliced bread (when did sliced bread become the paragon of innovation, anyway?). I do think that for small devices, touch screens offer more versatility than an array of buttons. With a small device, screen area is scarce, and any space on the device devoted to anything but the screen seems like wasted space. With the extra space gained on-screen, an interface can be created that's specific to the task at hand. This is superior to trying to adhere to the 40 some odd buttons you're stuck with. Tactility, I think, is overrated. Take for instance the Palm Pre keyboard. When I used it, yes, I could feel the buttons when I pressed them. I could feel all four of the tiny little bumps as my thumb clicked them simultaneously. After I got used to it, I could feel the button I was pressing, even though it was the wrong button. (But I could feel it!) Of course, tactile vs. on-screen keyboard has become like a religious argument, even bringing it up gets people upset. Do touch screens have room for improvement? Yes. Fad? No. I won’t go so far as to say they’re the greatest thing since sliced bread (when did sliced bread become the paragon of innovation, anyway?).

I do think that for small devices, touch screens offer more versatility than an array of buttons. With a small device, screen area is scarce, and any space on the device devoted to anything but the screen seems like wasted space. With the extra space gained on-screen, an interface can be created that’s specific to the task at hand. This is superior to trying to adhere to the 40 some odd buttons you’re stuck with.

Tactility, I think, is overrated. Take for instance the Palm Pre keyboard. When I used it, yes, I could feel the buttons when I pressed them. I could feel all four of the tiny little bumps as my thumb clicked them simultaneously. After I got used to it, I could feel the button I was pressing, even though it was the wrong button. (But I could feel it!)

Of course, tactile vs. on-screen keyboard has become like a religious argument, even bringing it up gets people upset.

Do touch screens have room for improvement? Yes. Fad? No.

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]]> By: Austin http://uitrends.com/2009/11/18/an-ode-to-my-nokia-phone/comment-page-1/#comment-500 Austin Thu, 19 Nov 2009 02:38:07 +0000 http://uitrends.com/?p=1323#comment-500 That's hell of a phone! I'd just like to comment on this: > no text threads (so you sometimes forgot what the person texting you was even responding about) Even my phone, which was made in 2008, doesn't have that! It's terrible. That's definitely one of the trends of 2009. That’s hell of a phone!

I’d just like to comment on this:

> no text threads (so you sometimes forgot what the person texting you was even responding about)

Even my phone, which was made in 2008, doesn’t have that! It’s terrible. That’s definitely one of the trends of 2009.

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