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Touch-based Handhelds Turned Inside Out

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the good-touch-bad-touch dept.

holy_calamity writes "Mitsubishi and Microsoft have made a prototype PSP-like handheld operated using a touch interface on the back — the idea is to give a firmer hold, prevent obscuring the screen and allow greater accuracy than the iPhone and others. The users fingers are shown as shadows on the screen so they can see what they're doing, making the device look transparent. As a video shows, it's far from market ready, but the design principle seems sound."

2 of 142 comments (clear)

  1. Analogy by pojo_rising · · Score: 0, Troll

    The pda equivalent of anal sex. We slashdotters positively love it, of course.

  2. Re:typing by egghat · · Score: 0, Troll

    Well this is an idea from MS. What do you expect?

    Apple puts the touchscreen on the front, MS on the back. Which one ist more intuitive?

    Apple puts the help on Apple-?, MS on F1. ...

    So, a touchscreen at the back of the device only makes sense if your design of the GUI is horribly wrong.

    Aaam wait ... this one was from ...

    Ahh, makes sense after all.

    Bye egghat.

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