Apple’s “Future shock” Knowledge Navigator concept device from 1987:
For the vision montage it self, I am pretty enjoy watching it. And I could always feel that the application is too complicated to develop/use, too much information and too much distraction on the unrealistic giant screen.
I think 10 years is really way too short for Microsoft’s vision coming true. The computers we were using in 1999 are not that big different from what we have now, and how big is the different from Office 95 and Office 2008 again?
In this live, online event, Mitch Allen, Palm’s Software CTO and a member of the Palm webOS™ design team, will recap the material included in the introductory chapter of Palm webOS: Developing Applications in JavaScript Using the Palm Mojo™ Framework, a joint collaboration announced this week by Palm and O’Reilly, and will give you a preview into application development with the Mojo SDK. This is a great opportunity to hear an insider’s perspective on webOS development and get a glimpse into the development environment and toolset for this breakthrough mobile web platform.
if you want to feel the power of the capacitive touchscreen we’re using, why not use the iphone exclusively without the home button? Apple did not provide a way to do so, but now we got it!
Usage
Slide Area
Home State
1. Short slide from right to left -> Jump to the first page of your apps, just like single press on Home button
2. Long slide from right to left -> Open iPod Control Dialog if it’s playing, like double press on Home button
3. Short slide from left to right -> Open Power Dialog, which includes Lock, ReSpring, Reboot, Power Off and other options
4. Long slide from left to right -> Lock Screen
5. Long press 5 seconds to trigger Screenshot
Application State
1. Short slide from right to left -> Open Exist Dialog, which includes back Home and iPod control if it’s playing
2. Long slide from right to left -> Quit from the current app, like single press on Home button
3. Short slide from left to right -> Open Power Dialog, which includes Lock, ReSpring, Reboot, Power Off and other options
4. Long slide from left to right -> Lock Screen
5. Long press 5 seconds to trigger Screenshot
Groups takes contacts group management to a totally different level. With a highly innovative user interface, you get to manage your contacts the iPhone way; drag them, drop them or trash them. As they say, “Drag & Drop is worth a thousand operations”… or something like that!
It is the most good looking app I’ve found on App Store so far. It makes the build-in ‘Contacts’ looks like a piece of …..
