Comments on: Could this be Sony Ericsson’s iPhone-fighting UI – the Sony Ericsson Maria? http://www.intomobile.com/2007/10/30/could-this-be-sony-ericssons-iphone-fighting-ui-the-sony-ericsson-maria.html Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis Tue, 24 Nov 2009 08:11:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: Will Park http://www.intomobile.com/2007/10/30/could-this-be-sony-ericssons-iphone-fighting-ui-the-sony-ericsson-maria.html/comment-page-1/#comment-71405 Will Park Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:22:46 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2007/10/30/could-this-be-sony-ericssons-iphone-fighting-ui-the-sony-ericsson-maria.html#comment-71405 Touchscreens have been around for years and years. All my favorite Windows Mobile devices were all touchscreens - Pocket PC, Professional. My first Windows Mobile Pocket PC phone was back in 2002. But, touchscreens have been mostly pressure-sensitive until the iPhone - a drawback on the WinMo devices with touchscreens. The iPhone was definitely not the first touchscreen device - but it definitely ignited a firestorm of innovation. Touchscreens have been around for years and years. All my favorite Windows Mobile devices were all touchscreens – Pocket PC, Professional. My first Windows Mobile Pocket PC phone was back in 2002.

But, touchscreens have been mostly pressure-sensitive until the iPhone – a drawback on the WinMo devices with touchscreens.

The iPhone was definitely not the first touchscreen device – but it definitely ignited a firestorm of innovation.

]]> By: Denis Baranov http://www.intomobile.com/2007/10/30/could-this-be-sony-ericssons-iphone-fighting-ui-the-sony-ericsson-maria.html/comment-page-1/#comment-71397 Denis Baranov Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:09:40 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2007/10/30/could-this-be-sony-ericssons-iphone-fighting-ui-the-sony-ericsson-maria.html#comment-71397 Stefan, I noticed this same slide when you posted it on the day of the press conference, and I event left you a comment about it, but you seem to have ignored it. Stefan, I noticed this same slide when you posted it on the day of the press conference, and I event left you a comment about it, but you seem to have ignored it.

]]> By: Viipottaja http://www.intomobile.com/2007/10/30/could-this-be-sony-ericssons-iphone-fighting-ui-the-sony-ericsson-maria.html/comment-page-1/#comment-71393 Viipottaja Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:05:37 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2007/10/30/could-this-be-sony-ericssons-iphone-fighting-ui-the-sony-ericsson-maria.html#comment-71393 Finger based touchscreen interfaces have been developed by the likes of Nokia for several years already. Sure, iPhone beat them in the race, and certainly hightened the sense of urgency. But I just dislike all these reports that give the impression that it all started only after the iPhone. E.g. the Nokia "iPhone clone" proto they showed had apparently been circulating in Nokia corridors for 2 years in various incarnations. Finger based touchscreen interfaces have been developed by the likes of Nokia for several years already. Sure, iPhone beat them in the race, and certainly hightened the sense of urgency. But I just dislike all these reports that give the impression that it all started only after the iPhone. E.g. the Nokia “iPhone clone” proto they showed had apparently been circulating in Nokia corridors for 2 years in various incarnations.

]]> By: Stefan Constantinescu http://www.intomobile.com/2007/10/30/could-this-be-sony-ericssons-iphone-fighting-ui-the-sony-ericsson-maria.html/comment-page-1/#comment-71390 Stefan Constantinescu Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:00:21 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/2007/10/30/could-this-be-sony-ericssons-iphone-fighting-ui-the-sony-ericsson-maria.html#comment-71390 that is actually a picture i took at the UIQ press conference the day before the symbian smartphone show. they are concepts. that is actually a picture i took at the UIQ press conference the day before the symbian smartphone show. they are concepts.

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