RingNokia pointed the way to these excellent videos. I’ve reordered them, here, to show my favorite first and my least favorite last. The other two are a toss up. Keep in mind that these videos were shown at a Nokia conference months before the iPhone was revealed. Also check out this new multitouch video.
January 19, 2007 at 8:23 pm
It looks to me as if people in the “future” are never supposed to do anything requiring more than three words. They also spend a lot of time with still pictures. They day my grandma has a catalog of that many people, each categorized and with a digital photo, is the day I believe.
Then again, the devices seem to know what the user wants magically…
I guess that was really hoping for was a look in to how new technologies can actually help get work done more efficiently.
January 19, 2007 at 8:30 pm
I did see one cool thing in the multi-touch video, though. At 2:50, it looked almost like he was operating a two-level menu with both hands.
A quick review shows that one hand was actually rotating the 3D environment, but operating a two- or three-level menu with both hands does look very efficient.
January 20, 2007 at 5:30 am
El futuro “visto” por Nokia…
Todos hemos visto estas últimas semanas lo impactante que ha sido el lanzamiento del iPhone de Apple, pero Nokia nos ha demostrado con varios videos que su concepto de futuro no está ni mucho menos por detras del de la compañía de la manzana. Aqui …
August 25, 2007 at 10:57 am
[...] I’ve been playing around with the iPhone toolchain. The first project I’m working on is something I need (an Exchange client), but I’d like to make something fun afterwards. For inspiration, I’ve been looking at the old Nokia Concept Videos. [...]