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Post by janlukacs »

marcodiego wrote: post #10

I'd love if my cellphone had a lateral button like old portable radios had to adjust the volume but with the sole purpose of scrolling. Scrolling on the screen is annoying, my finger covers the content and I must be careful not to click something. I really can't believe I'm the only one desiring such a thing.

you're welcome: https://www.gsmarena.com/flashback_sony_ericsson_p910-news-5...

lateral scroll wheel. awesome phone:

https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/21/08/sony-ericsson-p9...

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Post by roblh »

I love it. I think it would be even funnier if you made it only scroll in one direction (downwards) to remove any possible semblance of being useful.

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Post by lxgr »

janlukacs wrote: post #31
marcodiego wrote: post #10

I'd love if my cellphone had a lateral button like old portable radios had to adjust the volume but with the sole purpose of scrolling. Scrolling on the screen is annoying, my finger covers the content and I must be careful not to click something. I really can't believe I'm the only one desiring such a thing.

you're welcome: https://www.gsmarena.com/flashback_sony_ericsson_p910-news-5... lateral scroll wheel. awesome phone: https://fdn.gsmarena.com/imgroot/news/21/08/sony-ericsson-p9...

Sony had these on their Clié (Palm OS) devices as well.

I’ve only ever had first-party Palm handhelds, but the scroll wheel (Sony had some nifty name which is eluding me) always seemed very appealing for single-handed use.

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Post by littlestymaar »

Max-q wrote: post #30
enderfusion wrote: post #22

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The whole thing cost me a few hundred bucks to put together.

Is it legal to sell a device with radio in the US without FCC certification? In the EU it's illegal to sell without external certification if the product is a medical device, is made for children or contains a radio. Certification will typically cost you $5,000-$15,000 depending on which lab you use.

How does that works if you're just reusing off the shelf bluetooth component? (that's likely already certified)

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Post by jh00ker »

Nevermark wrote: post #29
marcodiego wrote: post #10

I'd love if my cellphone had a lateral button like old portable radios had to adjust the volume but with the sole purpose of scrolling. Scrolling on the screen is annoying, my finger covers the content and I must be careful not to click something. I really can't believe I'm the only one desiring such a thing.

A touch sensitive side would be great for thumb scrolling. With software detection of coherent scroll sliding, filtering out grip holds, bumps, and other irrelevant activity. But noooo! Apple stuck a touch sensitive screen on a keyboard! No justice.

My samsung phone has the fingerprint scanner in the side power button (the only location that makes sense, IMHO). Software should be able to read gestures from this same sensor, no?

edit: Sorry, thinking out loud. A quick Google search confirms that my phone already has this feature in settings. Unfortunately, the gesture is mapped to showing/hiding the notification panel, instead of screen scrolling.

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Post by yaky »

marcodiego wrote: post #10

I'd love if my cellphone had a lateral button like old portable radios had to adjust the volume but with the sole purpose of scrolling. Scrolling on the screen is annoying, my finger covers the content and I must be careful not to click something. I really can't believe I'm the only one desiring such a thing.

Some old (pre-smart, pre-camera, chunky ones with small B&W LCD screens) cell phones had a side scrollwheel that was used for menu navigation. I think it was clickable too.

The only more modern take on that that I know of was Marshall's "audiophile" Android phone [0] from 2015, which had a side scrollwheel for volume, but not sure if it was used for navigation.

0: https://m.gsmarena.com/marshalls_new_smartphone_is_every_aud...

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