"He even predicts that users will grow weary of all that screen touching and call out for more hardware buttons. "
That's almost the first things that struck me... the lack of tactile feedback. One of the strengths of most modern phones is that you can to a large degree operate them by touch, and without focusing your eyes on them to do so.
It looks as if the iPhone will more or less demand two hands and both eyes if you're to use it for most things. Moving all functions to a touchscreen is cool, but probably not the most useful.
It all rather like the auto CD player/radios that have two dozen tiny buttons, and require you to follow the action on an LED menu.
It makes one long for the days when "interface" meant two big knobs and five buttons (six if it was AM/FM.)
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"He even predicts that users will grow weary of all that screen touching and call out for more hardware buttons. "
That's almost the first things that struck me... the lack of tactile feedback. One of the strengths of most modern phones is that you can to a large degree operate them by touch, and without focusing your eyes on them to do so.
It looks as if the iPhone will more or less demand two hands and both eyes if you're to use it for most things. Moving all functions to a touchscreen is cool, but probably not the most useful.
It all rather like the auto CD player/radios that have two dozen tiny buttons, and require you to follow the action on an LED menu.
It makes one long for the days when "interface" meant two big knobs and five buttons (six if it was AM/FM.)