Video: Why haven’t I hear about HaptiTouch until today?

Stefan Constantinescu

Stefan Constantinescu (@WhatTheBit on Twitter) has loved technology since as far back as he can remember. It started with computers, but in the past few years his passion has turned to mobile devices. As a mobile phone enthusiast who lives and breathes devices that connect to the internet, he knows he is not alone with this radical fascination of all things wireless. He is strongly opinionated and enjoys a good debate so leave comments in his posts and he’ll get back to you! Stefan began blogging as a hobby in the fall of 2006 and joined IntoMobile in the summer of 2007. Later he got a job at Nokia in March 2008, but as of June 2009 he has rejoined the IntoMobile team. He is currently based out of Helsinki, Finland.

• Viipottaja

  Stefan, perhaps you’ve hear of MyOrigo instead? They are the origin of this technology, before they (according to F-Origin website history section) got incorporated. And MyOrigo was/is (of course ) based in Finland (Oulu if I am not mistaken).

  At the time when their protos came out (maybe a year and half ago?) there were many rumors about them having struck a deal with a major cell manufacturer, although the folks I heard it from did not know which one (although guessed its not Nokia). I hope Nokia is still talking to these guys. The interface is impressive, even if only for the tilting controls, which seem very intuitive.

  Those “sweep over the screen with your finger” controls kind of resemble those Nokia concept videos that came about a couple of months back..

• kriegspiel

  Um, I don’t know if Apple qualifies as a ‘major cell manufacturer’, but practically everything in the demo (with the exception of the tactile feedback) seems to have been incorporated into the iPhone. Have to wonder if we’ll see lawsuits fly once the iPhone is launched.

• Viipottaja

  Well, iPhone reorients the screen when turned around, but does not react to tilting like this one does. Nor does it react to simply sweeping your finger over the screen (as this proto seems to do), you have touch the screen to “flick it”.

• Bazza

  MyOrigo advertised this technology back in 2003 kriegspel and they went quiet for a while. check the internet for their details. Google is your master.