Seriously though, take a wallet-sized thing* about 1/4 inch thick, and play around with it. The thumb holds the front (iPod wide videoscreen), and yeah, it's interesting, after a while one would have an idea of the type of movements you could make on the back (the iPod Video back-side-"trackpad") that could trigger various iPod actions.
*A passport is just nice, though I hear not many Americans have one
I used my Treo 700p for that. It's about the right size and weight.
Yeah, it has the most leverage somehow. Do this test: put your right or left hand flat on the table. Lift your thumb only, ok. 2nd finger, ok. 3rd finger, ok. Last finger, ok. 4th finger: for me, I can't lift it high at all while keeping all other fingers and my palm flat on the table.
It's also the longest (normally), and is in the center of the device if you hold it with your thumb at the front, by the edge. That gives it the greatest range of movement.
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A setting in the iPod widescreen would be set so that it would know how to interpret the touchings.
My finger tip contacts the surface, slightly turned to the side closest the forefinger. It doesn't feel like scratching at all.
If you have long nails you would have to modify the way you would do it. the way women with truly long nails manage to type. My nails extend about 2 mm. Not a problem.
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The moving around works fine once you try it.
It's a bit of a scratching kind of moving... Hmmm
Seriously though, take a wallet-sized thing* about 1/4 inch thick, and play around with it. The thumb holds the front (iPod wide videoscreen), and yeah, it's interesting, after a while one would have an idea of the type of movements you could make on the back (the iPod Video back-side-"trackpad") that could trigger various iPod actions.
*A passport is just nice, though I hear not many Americans have one
I used my Treo 700p for that. It's about the right size and weight.
Where would we go?
Yeah, it has the most leverage somehow. Do this test: put your right or left hand flat on the table. Lift your thumb only, ok. 2nd finger, ok. 3rd finger, ok. Last finger, ok. 4th finger: for me, I can't lift it high at all while keeping all other fingers and my palm flat on the table.
It's also the longest (normally), and is in the center of the device if you hold it with your thumb at the front, by the edge. That gives it the greatest range of movement.
A setting in the iPod widescreen would be set so that it would know how to interpret the touchings.
It would have to.
It's a bit of a scratching kind of moving... Hmmm
I don't know what you mean by "scratching".
My finger tip contacts the surface, slightly turned to the side closest the forefinger. It doesn't feel like scratching at all.
If you have long nails you would have to modify the way you would do it. the way women with truly long nails manage to type. My nails extend about 2 mm. Not a problem.
oh god, a zune phone, what the hell is that going to look/be like.
I don't know what it will look like, but I think I know what it wil be called: PHUNE!
I don't know what it will look like, but I think I know what it wil be called: PHUNE!
blah that would be so bad. hopefully they would call it something like the Z-Phone or just Zune Talk or Zune Phone.