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Physical Button Offers New World Of Possibilities For Android Users
- nodata 13y ago> How many times has someone told you: “Hurry, take a picture with your phone”? However, it isn’t that quick, is it? You need to whip out your phone; insert your password; swipe through your app menu to find the camera app; point and click. By that time, more often than not, the “Kodak Moment” has passed. No you don't: you swipe right on the lock screen, and push the blue shoot button.
- lutusp 13y agoThe entire point of Android and its associated hardware, and similar environments, is to eliminate as much hardware as possible -- virtualize everything. Products such as that linked here are meant to exploit public confusion about the relationship between hardware and software. "Wow, finally -- a product that does away with keyboard, mouse, styli, and a dozen other technological crutches. It's about time! ... Wait, what? A gadget that hangs off your Android device and does exactly what a virtual button does? Can I ask a question? Why?"