Since the arrival of the iPhone the touchscreen phone has gone from strength to strength. However, many people still don’t like the idea of pressing buttons that they can’t actually feel. The latest technology from Toshiba not only hopes to satisfy peoples’ desire to feel buttons, but hopes to take touch screen experiences to a [...]
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March 31, 2010
The Future of Reading?
With more and more people using e-readers, and with the iPad just round the corner there could be a real role for this kind of technology. By using eye tracking technology the text actually knows what your reading and can provide assitance or improve the experience based on this information. Could be great within an [...]
February 16, 2010
Samsung Projector Phone: Do we really need projectors on our mobiles?
Here’s the latest in mobile phone technology, the Samsung projector phone. It’s impressive enough that they have made a projector so small, but they’ve also managed to get a fully functional phone in there as well. It certainly gives you something that you won’t find on your current iPhone or Blackberry, but although impressive do [...]
January 29, 2010
Shanghai: Touchscreen Taxi Advertising
Here’s a nice bit of advertising technology that can be found in the back of taxis throughout Shanghai, China. More than just a screen pushing ads, the interactive touch-screen device (or ipad as they’ll all be referred to as soon enough) gives the user something to do as they make their way across the city. [...]
January 28, 2010
Hyundai mobile phones: Big in China and coming to the UK
In the UK Hyundai is not a name that is readily associated with mobile phones. However, the brand known for it’s budget cars in the UK is a major mobile phone manufacturer in the East. I saw this ad in China of a particularity interesting looking Hyundai mobile. Further investigation led me to find that [...]
November 4, 2009
Japan: Toilets more advanced than the average PC
Here’s a little picture of the toilet in my last hotel room that can be found across Japan. Some very interesting buttons and it was also a little odd to see a power cable going into the toilet seat! Can’t see these appearing any time soon in the UK, more due to reasons related to [...]
