Niamonator
07-22-2007, 01:00 PM
Dont want to be a "show off" but just wanted to show you my brand new MyDevice from MyOrigo. Rumours tell that some of the MyDevice's features has been copied by Apple and used in iPhone.
MyOrigo is a small Finnish based company working on a next generation smartphone called the mydevice. While the mydevice features a lot of the usual smartphone features, it's the OS that makes the mydevice so special. MyOrigo has created some unique ways of controlling the phone – by using movement rather than buttons.
But the revolutionary feature of the mydevice is the new user interface, which allows for 4 new ways of browsing information on the phone – motion control, mirroring, the "Touch and Feel" screen, and "My Book."
Motion control and mirroring are somewhat related by the fact that they both use the mydevice's motion sensor to detect what is happening with the phone. Motion control works quite well, and is not too sensitive, as I expected it to be. The most obvious example of motion control is the mydevice's ability to flip the screen from landscape to portrait orientation, and vice versa - with almost no lag in most situations. This is done simply by moving the handset into the direction you want it to be. I'm still surprised at how intuitive this is. You can easily switch between the different modes, yet still put the phone down on a flat surface without it changing.
Mirroring is called "Mirroring" because it is similar to using the mydevice like a hand-mirror, but I like to think of it more as a tilting action. It is mainly used to browse web pages and other documents that are too large to fit on the screen. To actually use the mirroring feature, you have to use one of the touch sensitive buttons on the side of the phone, which will allow you to scroll around the screen. Once you let go of the button, the screen locks into place so you can read without worrying about it scrolling further. The fact that it requires only a very light touch of the control button to move around is more significant than you would assume. Can you imagine holding down a typical button with your thumb for an extended period of time? It would get very tiring quite quickly.
For an example of mirroring, let's say I'm browsing Modmymoto.com on the mydevice, and I am currently in the middle of the page. Also assume that the mydevice is flat in my palm. Now, if I want to scroll up to the to the very top of the page, all I have to do is lightly touch the side button and tilt the mydevice forwards. If I want to then scroll down the left edge of the page, I would merely touch the control button on the side and tilt the mydevice down and left at the same time. So you can see that it is very intuitive, and it works surprisingly well.
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/5600/8ba4ac353369d8e0022776chw2.jpg
The Phone is extremely rair, only few hundred were made.
I'm getting it at the end of next week.
MyOrigo is a small Finnish based company working on a next generation smartphone called the mydevice. While the mydevice features a lot of the usual smartphone features, it's the OS that makes the mydevice so special. MyOrigo has created some unique ways of controlling the phone – by using movement rather than buttons.
But the revolutionary feature of the mydevice is the new user interface, which allows for 4 new ways of browsing information on the phone – motion control, mirroring, the "Touch and Feel" screen, and "My Book."
Motion control and mirroring are somewhat related by the fact that they both use the mydevice's motion sensor to detect what is happening with the phone. Motion control works quite well, and is not too sensitive, as I expected it to be. The most obvious example of motion control is the mydevice's ability to flip the screen from landscape to portrait orientation, and vice versa - with almost no lag in most situations. This is done simply by moving the handset into the direction you want it to be. I'm still surprised at how intuitive this is. You can easily switch between the different modes, yet still put the phone down on a flat surface without it changing.
Mirroring is called "Mirroring" because it is similar to using the mydevice like a hand-mirror, but I like to think of it more as a tilting action. It is mainly used to browse web pages and other documents that are too large to fit on the screen. To actually use the mirroring feature, you have to use one of the touch sensitive buttons on the side of the phone, which will allow you to scroll around the screen. Once you let go of the button, the screen locks into place so you can read without worrying about it scrolling further. The fact that it requires only a very light touch of the control button to move around is more significant than you would assume. Can you imagine holding down a typical button with your thumb for an extended period of time? It would get very tiring quite quickly.
For an example of mirroring, let's say I'm browsing Modmymoto.com on the mydevice, and I am currently in the middle of the page. Also assume that the mydevice is flat in my palm. Now, if I want to scroll up to the to the very top of the page, all I have to do is lightly touch the side button and tilt the mydevice forwards. If I want to then scroll down the left edge of the page, I would merely touch the control button on the side and tilt the mydevice down and left at the same time. So you can see that it is very intuitive, and it works surprisingly well.
http://img370.imageshack.us/img370/5600/8ba4ac353369d8e0022776chw2.jpg
The Phone is extremely rair, only few hundred were made.
I'm getting it at the end of next week.