iPhone and TouchFLO interactive interface systems are not new at all.
In 2003, MyOrigo, a Finnish company, presented a new mobile phone prototype with an innovative user interface called “Touch&Feel”. “MyDevice”, as they named this mobile phone, used “Intent”, a multimedia software platform developed by Tao Group.
MyDevice main characteristics were:
- Tri-band phone with GPRS
- Screen with 176×320 pixels
- QWERTY keyboard
- VGA camera
- MP3 player
- Personal Information Management Applications
But the really innovations of the MyOrigo phone were,
Movement Control
The user, moving his hand, could incline, scroll and resize the screen.
MyBook user interface
The interface allowed the user to use the device in the same way as a book, turning the screens as pages touching screen corners.
Mirroring
Inclining to the left or right MyDevice, the screen scrolled in the same way.
Johan Granhol, MyOrigo Sales & Marketing Vice president, announced the presentation day that several European carriers were interested in his technology (Telefonica Moviles in Spain was one of them), and he would be pleased to make a big announcement next months. But finally, and after 4 years, nobody knows anything more about this precocious device…
Otherwise, MyDevice has the honor to be the really iPhone and TouchFLO grandfather.
October 24th, 2007 at 10:15 am
El abuelo del iPhone y del HTC Touch
El interfaz táctil del iPhone y del HTC no es nuevo en absoluto. Descubre en este vídeo los ancestros más lejanos de estos dos fantásticos dispositivos.