February 27th 2008 02:02 am
iPhone Haptic Keyboard Prototype Introduced: Does Anyone Care? [Apple]
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A couple of University of Glasgow students have built a prototype of a program that brings haptic touchscreen technology to the iPhone. It’s a buggy program, but even if the kinks get worked out a question remains: does anybody need it?Haptic touchscreens, as you probably know, provide tactical feedback when a button is pressed. In this case, the phone vibrates when you hit a button. It seems more a gimmick than an upgrade. What do you think? If you had the option to download a program that added haptic functionality to your iPhone, would you do it?Gawker Media polls require Javascript; if you’re viewing this in an RSS reader, click through to view in your Javascript-enabled web browser. [Project Page via TUAW]. |
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