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Samsung's Anycall Haptic Phone: 22 Ways to Say "I Feel You"
Posted by Wilson Rothman at 11:58 PM on March 25, 2008
Samsung's latest introduction, the SCH-W420/W4200 in the video below, is a slender, iPhone-like handset with a 3.2" touchscreen, a lively user interface, and the kind of force feedback that the LG Prada phone could only dream of.
With just three actual buttons at the bottom, it relies mainly on a touch interface that you can customise (if you know Korean), with drag-and-drop desktop building. In the force feedback dept., it uses a vocabulary of 22 different vibrations to simulate actual feels and actions. When you see a volume knob for the radio and reach to turn it, you hear and feel the clicks of an old-timey dial.
The phone, which includes a terrestrial broadcast TV receiver, is going to sell for US$700 to US$800 and is Korea only—but for how long? Bring it, Sammy! We're waiting. [AP; NewLaunches]
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strider_mt2k
Posted 3:39 AM 26/3/08
If it's affordable and available on Verizon's network, handles divx and SDHC I'll consider it.
strider_mt2k
Stacky Botrus
Posted 3:39 AM 26/3/08
Damn! You are one crazy sonofabich!
No, I know this isnt the moVIE review blog. But I felt it was needed.
I like the "plop" effect the touch screen has when dragging items out of the leftbarnav to the workspace.
Not entirely original, but its really nice. (unlike your neice). Whatever that means, probably.
Stacky Botrus
Bodypainter
Posted 3:39 AM 26/3/08
so how does it work?
Bodypainter
mricyfire
Posted 3:39 AM 26/3/08
lol it will go to AT&T
mricyfire
riqgeez
Posted 3:39 AM 26/3/08
too bad this can't be used on Verizon's (CDMA) any phone network. maybe by the time the states get it, it'll be ready for their 4G netowrk.
riqgeez
IKEACAR
Posted 3:39 AM 26/3/08
That kicks ass!!! Because turning a knob is much more intuitive for turning up volume than just sliding my finger across the screen.
Haptic feedback will be like Urkel on Family Matters; a clever novelty that adds some minor enjoyment to an otherwise bland package that after about a week will grate at your every nerve until you find some way to eliminate it.
IKEACAR
Rain-man
Posted 3:39 AM 26/3/08
Isn't it similar to this: [gizmodo.com]
The verdict was "I'll pass" because of the touch screen being not very responsive, right?
Rain-man
Echo_
Posted 5:51 AM 26/3/08
+1 for daft punk
Echo_
strider_mt2k
Posted 5:51 AM 26/3/08
In all seriousness, is anyone else reminded of the TH55 from Sony?
strider_mt2k
SneakerFiend
Posted 5:51 AM 26/3/08
Well there is another video besides the commercial through the youtube slide menu after the video ends and it is super responsive.
SneakerFiend