Phone sexiness (of the technical persuasion)

We've been waiting what seems like an eternity for a promised post from our very own Matt "3blogs" Alder about why he felt that the i-phone (of course he had one within the first few days) was indeed a game changing technology. I mean we all have a good idea that it's fun, very cool to have, got some nifty features and is beautifully designed - but what does a user I know find about it that means phones and the way we interact with them will never be the same again?

I'm particularly interested at the moment as I've been having my own phone provider related issues (if you've got time to kill you can find out here why I'm gutted to not be getting the G1) and so in an "habitual need for annual technical toy replacement" will likely be ditching t-mobile and deciding between Blackberry Storm or the i-phone in the not too distant.

Anyway - whilst we all wait I did pick up on these two videos today, and have to say "Oh my god - how clever are these people when they work together".

Now I've never seen fit to even use voice activation on any of the phones I've had in the past where it's an option - and I'm not so sure this will be used more than showing off just how cool your i-phone is to mates in the pub (although I understand a significant flaw/frustration with the i-phone is the virtual keypad - so maybe google have effectively helped create a bit of a work around for apple) - but if nothing else it's just impressive to see technological advances continue to trickle down at an amazing speed to us (quite literally) in the street.

 

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WOW!

Comments

[Matt]

That's bloody brilliant! I'd actually completely forgotten that I said I'd write that iPhone post. I've must have obviously been very busy downloading apps onto my phone instead.........

Drew Spencer seems to have got the right balance though, he has been using his to blog with -

http://andrewspencer.biz/blog/

[Jamie Leonard]

Great functionality but if they can put this into a mobile, why are we not using it on a laptop? Surely all your laptop would need to have is built in mic which most laptops have now days, and some sort of control button to activate the mic and search in one hit?

Saying that, I think a few people may get found out at work if 186 times a day they are shouting “Facebook!” at their computer…

On a serious note it would be very cool if one of the job boards could copy this tech. On the bus, Monday morning, raining, bored of your job at Asda. Log onto Monster, hit voice button and say “Sales Manager – London” and then “Apply”. Very cool.