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Upside Down Phone Patent
Posted by
CmdrTaco
on Wed Feb 07, 2007 10:59 AM
from the upsidedowntalkin dept.
from the upsidedowntalkin dept.
An anonymous reader noted that "A patent has been filed for the "Upside Down Phone", which features the keypad on top and the screen on the bottom. The idea behind the upside down phone is, apparently, to allow faster texting by have a more comfortable position for the thumb to work from. A quick check of this seems to confirm the theory, making this one of those "Why didn't I think of that?" moments."
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"Why didn't I think of that?" (Score:5, Interesting)
Re: (Score:3, Informative)
I had a job during the summer where I had to do a lot of data entry into phones and I ended up holding the thing upside-down and using it that way because it was easier.
Of course, this was all on a bicycle, so that makes a difference as well.
cool (Score:5, Funny)
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Re:"Why didn't I think of that?" (Score:5, Funny)
I find your ideas fascinating, and I would like to subscrib*CRASH*.
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Re:"Why didn't I think of that?" (Score:5, Informative)
One of us *did* think of that. [slashdot.org]
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Re:Really? Not for me. (Score:4, Informative)
No keyboard locking necessary. I can't count the number of times my wife has forgotten to lock the keyboard on her Nokia, and buttons get pushed on it in her purse.
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Re:"Why didn't I think of that?" (Score:4, Interesting)
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Re:"Why didn't I think of that?" (Score:5, Funny)
Good story, and it reminds me of another story, involving - interestingly enough - Christopher Columbus again.
It's a sad story, I know.
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haHA (Score:5, Funny)
Makes it easier for those of you who type with your feet. (I'm looking at YOU, AOLers...)
Garmin GPS did this 10 years ago (Score:5, Informative)
I guess adding "cellphone" to a design is just like adding "on the Internet" to a business plan.
Re:Garmin GPS did this 10 years ago (Score:5, Funny)
Whoa! There's GPS porn?
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Not Why Didn't I Think of That (Score:4, Insightful)
How the H*ll Can You Patent That?
Re:Not Why Didn't I Think of That (Score:4, Interesting)
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Re:Not Why Didn't I Think of That (Score:5, Informative)
http://gizmodo.com/gadgets/cellphones/serene-cell
You may now rip that patent to pieces.
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Layout patent? (Score:5, Insightful)
Nothing new (Score:5, Informative)
Project was cancelled, one reason being users didn't like the upside down configuration.
Re:Nothing new (Score:5, Informative)
Pics of Hedvig can be found here:
http://semania.mobilmania.cz/content/view/87/2/ [mobilmania.cz]
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No more dirty screen ? (Score:3, Interesting)
No more dirty sticky traces on the screen !
Baseball caps (Score:3, Informative)
As another poster said. my 7 year old Garmin MAP12 handheld GPS had the screen on the bottom and buttons on the top.
'Texting' (Score:4, Funny)
I can't help thinking that... (Score:4, Interesting)
Plenty of Prior Art (Score:3, Informative)
Next story? Upside-down slashdot! (Score:5, Funny)
It's an *application* people (Score:4, Insightful)
So someone thought they had a cool new idea because they hadn't ever seen anything like it and they were wrong... so what? If the patent *issues* then there's something to complain about (though pointing the patent office at the prior art would be a useful public service, unlike whining on Slashdot).
Re:I guess.... (Score:4, Funny)
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