Nancy Broden
Feb 5th, 2007
Feb 5th, 2007
New Mobile Phone Layout Support Texting
IOL posts a patent that inverses the standard mobile phone layout of display on top/keys on bottom. On a phone with a “candybar” form factor, inverses this layout ensuring that most of the device rests in the palm improving support and control.
“In addition to the improved grip, the thumb rests in a comfortable position directly above the buttons of the keypad. The improved angle for the thumb makes it unnecessary to shift the mobile phone around in the hand while typing text.”
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This sounds pretty innovative and makes sense in an intuitive sort of way. It may be hard for some users to get used to this new construction, but I’ve always wondered why cell phones haven’t been more innovative in terms of how they look. Land lines come in such variety, from Elvis phones to phones shaped like Cadillacs. For all the innovative technology inside of them, cell phones still all come in basically the same sort of design. I’m curious as to whether this phone can be reversed. It might make sense, for instance, to have it one way up for text messaging, and turned another direction for calling. If left the other way round, I can foresee problems in terms of accidentally hitting buttons during a conversation. Perhaps this could be circumvented, though, if the keys were locked during a call.