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The PlayStation Phone Patent
Posted by Mark Wilson at 1:21 AM on March 8, 2008
We've heard rumblings about a PlayStation (or PlayStation Portable) Phone by Sony Ericsson for some time now, but this is the first time that we've actually seen what one might look like. Filed back in 2006, this patent application features a touchscreen with haptic feedback (yeah, like the iPhone) that can transform the button layout from phone to PSP just by turning it. Here's what the application had to say:
In another embodiment there is presented a system and method of reconfiguring the graphical user interface (GUI) of a mechanically vibrated touchscreen display associated with a portable mobile communications device that is operable in a variety of modes. An orientation sensing mechanism senses whether the portable mobile communications device is currently in a portrait or landscape orientation and accesses an orientation profile that associates each mode of operation with either a portrait or landscape orientation. A list of modes of operation associated with the sensed orientation of the portable mobile communications device is presented to the user. The user is prompted to select a mode of operation from the list. Input indicative of a selected mode of operation is received and the GUI of the mechanically vibrated touchscreen display is reconfigured for the selected mode of operation associated.Ahh, there's nothing like a huge quote of patentspeak to get the blood flowing on a Friday morning. Am I right? [patent via kotaku]
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Jimbuck
Posted 3:34 AM 8/3/08
It does look big. Where my qwerty?
Jimbuck
finalgearsolid
Posted 3:34 AM 8/3/08
Awww, still just one analog stick...
finalgearsolid
encyclia
Posted 3:34 AM 8/3/08
umm, I don't think the iPhone has haptic technology. It's a touch screen, not haptic.
encyclia
ParJoe
Posted 3:34 AM 8/3/08
I'm glad to hear this in the wake of the iPhone's recently announced gaming ability. I just wish Sony would stop dicking around with it already.
ParJoe
Adamantite
Posted 3:34 AM 8/3/08
Haptic feedback, done right, is going to be the next big thing.
Adamantite
arch05
Posted 3:34 AM 8/3/08
looks big.
arch05
slumlord
Posted 3:34 AM 8/3/08
just make it already
slumlord
Zan
Posted 3:34 AM 8/3/08
yes you are right, you are very right
Zan
GrassYummmy
Posted 3:34 AM 8/3/08
YES!!!!! Another usefull combination of almost useless mobile technology. I WANT ONE
GrassYummmy
Seiven
Posted 3:34 AM 8/3/08
I would like to see a prototype...officially, not fanboy wetdreams.
Seiven
RedBeard
Posted 3:34 AM 8/3/08
ah the wonders of vaguety
RedBeard
nutbastard
Posted 4:53 AM 8/3/08
@TheFaze:
it's a way of simulating tactile feedback, ie, when you push a key on a keyboard you feel it bottom out - that lets you know you successfully pushed a key. on a touchscreen theres no non-visual confirmation. haptic feedback provides such a confirmation, usually by vibrating.
nutbastard
TheFaze
Posted 4:53 AM 8/3/08
what's haptic technology?
TheFaze
Bachus_snowman
Posted 6:15 AM 8/3/08
OK, Thanks, so that's what Haptic is all about. Still I wouldnt put my money on this phone - until I see / feel it.
Bachus_snowman
le_on
Posted 6:15 AM 8/3/08
Haptics is essentially artificially created force-feedback to make something like a touch screen or even a button feel mechanical via a small vibration, giving you that 'click' feeling...once the phone was powered off this wouldn't be felt. For the record, the iPhone doesn't have this.
le_on
Rotnmeat
Posted 9:08 AM 8/3/08
Guess what I would be doing with this design? <yell>Adding another analog thumbstick where the number 305 is.</yell> I'll only buy one if I unexpectedly lose my right thumb.
Rotnmeat
nuropath
Posted 9:08 AM 8/3/08
am I the only one who still likes tactile buttons? i want a real keyboard on my phone and real buttons on my gaming device!! whats next an xbox controller thatys just a screen and the buttons are game specific..wait. that might be kinda cool.
nuropath