LG gets "touchy" with new patents

Damian Koh | Apr 27, 2007

If you're still not convinced that touchscreen mobiles are the future, you better start psyching yourself to embrace the new technology.

According to a report by Unwired View, LG has recently filed two patents that seem to signify its Prada phone is just the start of a series of touchscreen mobile devices. The first of the patents talks about a handset with a pair of touch panels that work either independently or as one screen split into two. If you cannot imagine this, just picture the Nintendo DS Lite look and feel on your mobile phone.

The second patent describes "dynamic icons that are able to move in reaction to user actions or functions to be performed". While this sounds more interesting, we're not too sure about the usefulness of menu icons moving randomly on a screen when we have to jostle with the rush hour crowd on the commute while trying to maintain a grip on the overhead handle bar.

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salorion says...
Touchscreen phones tend to be a tad clumsy and the feather touch buttons of the LG Chocolate are sensitive when you don't want them to be and totally unresponsive when you actually touch them. The buttons get pressed even when you're just holding the phone which is annoying. Touchscreen... i think not. Sailesh Bombay, India

Apr 30, 2007 12:46