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Re: iPhone Duo

#641

We keep putting more powerful chips into phones, and giving them bigger screens, but we never turn them into useful computers. Why is this?

Samsung dex really excited me when I tried it, but it still had a little ways to go. I am shocked it's not a bigger priority.

Re: iPhone Duo

#642
Curious to see all the new interaction paradigms people come up with now that we have something physical that can sense degrees of freedom.

A dumb one off the top of my head:

When reading a book with both screens open, have the outer display show the cover of the book, and closing and opening the screens together causes a page turn. (Unfortunately also a great way to rapidly wear out the hinge mechanism.)

Re: iPhone Duo

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I always forget the US doesn't use A4 etc. (or do you?)

Re: iPhone Duo

#648
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Re: iPhone Duo

#649

Curious to see all the new interaction paradigms people come up with now that we have something physical that can sense degrees of freedom. A dumb one off the top of my head: When reading a book with both screens open, have the outer display show the cover of the book, and closing and opening the screens together causes a page turn. (Unfortunately also a great way to rapidly wear out the hinge mechanism.)

There are some amusing apps which read the MacBook's lid angle sensor. I remember one of them played a creaking noise through the speakers when you open or close it... Somehow I doubt App Store review will let that in for the Duo, but we can always hope.
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