Comments on: Touchscreen the reason for no skinny Treos? http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2007/02/13/touchscreen-the-reason-for-no-skinny-treos/ The journey of a reluctant writer Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:57:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: jeff http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2007/02/13/touchscreen-the-reason-for-no-skinny-treos/#comment-278 jeff Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:34:09 +0000 http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2007/02/13/touchscreen-the-reason-for-no-skinny-treos/#comment-278 Thanks, feels good to be back. As far as the iPhone's battery, we'll have to see. I expect to make the same jokes about it that I make about the RAZR. Oddly, when I had a Treo, I did use the touchscreen, but only the bottom 30 pixels or so. I tapped a lot of buttons at the bottom of the screen, but that was about it. If you want to see a really nicely done UI designed without touch, the Windows Mobile smartphones really are nice. Which brings me back to a touchless Treo running Windows Mobile 6 Standard. But will Palm do it? Thanks, feels good to be back.

As far as the iPhone’s battery, we’ll have to see. I expect to make the same jokes about it that I make about the RAZR.

Oddly, when I had a Treo, I did use the touchscreen, but only the bottom 30 pixels or so. I tapped a lot of buttons at the bottom of the screen, but that was about it. If you want to see a really nicely done UI designed without touch, the Windows Mobile smartphones really are nice. Which brings me back to a touchless Treo running Windows Mobile 6 Standard. But will Palm do it?

]]> By: gchamberlin http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2007/02/13/touchscreen-the-reason-for-no-skinny-treos/#comment-277 gchamberlin Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:24:09 +0000 http://www.jeffkirvin.net/2007/02/13/touchscreen-the-reason-for-no-skinny-treos/#comment-277 "But on the other hand, Motorola (the Q), HTC (the Dash) and Samsung (the Blackjack) have made ultrathin Windows Mobile phones that don’t have abysmal battery life. Why can they do it and Palm can’t?" I think another question is how can Apple do it with that big-a**, super thin touchscreen on the iPhone and Palm can't - assuming that the iPhone is not going to have abysmal battery life. As a Treo 650 and now 680 user, I agree that Palm has made a **very** usable interface with the buttons and d-pad, I still find the touch screen to be very useful. Whether it be the on screen dial pad, or hitting the "get" button in VersaMail, or navigating thru Ultrasoft Money on screen with my thumb for the most part, I would have a hard time getting by with just the keyboard. Good article Jeff, and glad to see you back. “But on the other hand, Motorola (the Q), HTC (the Dash) and Samsung (the Blackjack) have made ultrathin Windows Mobile phones that don’t have abysmal battery life. Why can they do it and Palm can’t?”

I think another question is how can Apple do it with that big-a**, super thin touchscreen on the iPhone and Palm can’t - assuming that the iPhone is not going to have abysmal battery life.

As a Treo 650 and now 680 user, I agree that Palm has made a **very** usable interface with the buttons and d-pad, I still find the touch screen to be very useful. Whether it be the on screen dial pad, or hitting the “get” button in VersaMail, or navigating thru Ultrasoft Money on screen with my thumb for the most part, I would have a hard time getting by with just the keyboard.

Good article Jeff, and glad to see you back.

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