Word: keypad
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Siemens SL56 A sliding cover hides the keypad when this stylish phone is not in use. The SL56 made a splash with fashionistas this year, but there's no PDA or camera built in. For some gadget hounds, less is more. cingular.com...
...slightest touch. Because there are no real keys, it takes less effort to type. The surface doubles as a mouse touchpad--but one that makes the current technology look oh so '90s. To double-click, for example, you simply place your three middle fingertips anywhere on the keypad and tap lightly once. To open a file, you place your first four fingertips on the keypad (leaving your pinkie in the air), then rotate your hand to the left. To close the file, you swing the same fingertips over to the right. There are more simple maneuvers for scrolling, zooming, cutting...
...becomes a place that serves the basic, immutable needs humans have when they communicate: seclusion, shelter, a place to sit, listen and talk. Perhaps the most universal expression of such space is a tree. Grafted to the tree is a piece of technology. It's invisible; it has no keypad or screen. Simply step under the tree canopy, and new acoustic technology blocks out the noise of the street; the voice of the person talking next to you is inaudible. "What's provided is the most elusive public amenity in the wireless, mobile world," says Blu Dot's John Christakos...
...souped-up version of the same software in your basic 3310. But what a suit: the Vertu comes in stainless steel, gold, white gold and platinum. It is sheathed in the same leather used in Rolls Royces, and the face is scratch-proof sapphire. Ruby bearings under each keypad ensure precise key press. But while everyday mobiles are getting tinier by the moment, Vertu recalls an earlier, bulkier era. Kuwaiti fashion mogul Sheik Majed al-Sabah stopped carrying his, complaining of its weight. Before you put a Vertu on your Christmas list, check Santa's bank balance: prices...
...DIED. ALPHONSE CHAPANIS, 85, co-founder of the science of ergonomics, whose belief that products should be engineered from the user's point of view resulted in such canonical creations as the Touch-Tone phone keypad; in Baltimore. Chapanis also applied his user-friendly credo to the design of bomber cockpits, voice mail systems and oil exploration techniques...