Touch screen USB adaptor

[Killer91]

Yes, i get very frustrated trying to use a phone touch screen.  I destroyed my Wifes Samsung Galaxy one day, because I got so frustrated with it I slammed it into a concrete wall.

She does not allow me near her phone anymore and I will keep my little flip phone sans touch screen as long as it will work.

Touchscreens are just gimmicks.  I feel the same way about GUI's in general.

glad I'm not the only person who can't use touchscreens. I have a little Samsung slider phone and I refuse to upgrade to a touchscreen. Everyone I have used is laggy and the buttons are to small for my fingers (and I have small fingers so I can't imagine what its like for people with larger fingers) so I wind up hitting 2 or 3 buttons everytime I click. They're just downright frustrating.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

glad I'm not the only person who can't use touchscreens. I have a little Samsung slider phone and I refuse to upgrade to a touchscreen. Everyone I have used is laggy and the buttons are to small for my fingers (and I have small fingers so I can't imagine what its like for people with larger fingers) so I wind up hitting 2 or 3 buttons everytime I click. They're just downright frustrating.

Have you tried iPhone? It's the only touch screen I've used in addition to Nokia N9x and it doesn't lag and it's super easy to use. The Nokia was an absolute nightmare and I almost did the Skuzzy in 2 minutes and it wasn't even mine! My uncle asked me to set it up for him (Ovi account etc.) and after having just done the same on iPhone I found out how bad a phone and service setup can be in comparison.

[Killer91]

Have you tried iPhone? It's the only touch screen I've used in addition to Nokia N9x and it doesn't lag and it's super easy to use. The Nokia was an absolute nightmare and I almost did the Skuzzy in 2 minutes and it wasn't even mine! My uncle asked me to set it up for him (Ovi account etc.) and after having just done the same on iPhone I found out how bad a phone and service setup can be in comparison.

No I've never got to use one. I've never actually owned a touchscreen but I've tried out other people's phones. I've tried a Samsung eternity, Samsung impresion, some LG phone and an a touchscreen blackberry (I think thats what it was?). I couldn't stand any of them. I hate not knowing if I actually pushed a button. At least with my phone I still have a normal keyboard with 3 or 4 letters on the 2-9 keys and I can feel the button click when I push it. Idk maybe it just takes some getting used to not getting any feedback from the phone but it drives me absolutely crazy. Not to mention by the time you put a full keyboard on one of those phones the buttons are just to small for me to hit efficiently.

[Skuzzy]

The Samsung Galaxy (my Wifes phone) screen is larger than the iPhone screen (just a little), and it drives me nuts.  A friend of mine handed me his iPhone once and I looked at it for a minute, diddled a bit, got it locked up and handed it back to him.

He had to hard reset the phone.  Pissed him off a bit.  Seems a hard reset causes a loss of config information.  Or something I did caused it.

I really do not know what I did.  All I know is I did it good.

[MrRiplEy[H]]

The Samsung Galaxy (my Wifes phone) screen is larger than the iPhone screen (just a little), and it drives me nuts.  A friend of mine handed me his iPhone once and I looked at it for a minute, diddled a bit, got it locked up and handed it back to him.

He had to hard reset the phone.  Pissed him off a bit.  Seems a hard reset causes a loss of config information.  Or something I did caused it.

I really do not know what I did.  All I know is I did it good.

Heh the earlier firmware in iPhone 3 could do that randomly. It happened to me twice. Haven't had a lockup yet with the 4 though.

[Noir]

What I like Win7's interface is how they regrouped the shortcuts to launch the applications, and the applications you are currently running in a single group of icons. Just one look and you know what is running or not. If you launch a lot of applications XP can get tedious to manage! Hate me I also like the looks of win7, nowadays machines are so powerful some niceties in the OS can't hurt!

I do agree that the overlay to access system and network settings is a hinder, but on the bright side you don't have to access them as much as in WinXP IMO.

[guncrasher]

skuzzy I would love for you to have a droid x.  ok I would love to have the mods that you would do to it, if you had time  .

semp

[Skuzzy]

I sketched up a new GUI design for my Wifes phone, but gave up on that due to the mess involved in getting any app to a Droid phone.  More work than writting the app itself.

[clerick]

*cough* WebOS *cough*   

[Noir]

Best GUI for Droid phones is LauncherPro IMO. As for installing non market apps you just need to tick the correct option that permits the execution of non market apps, then put the apk file in the correct folder. You may have to use a file manager software to do that, like ASTRO.

[Skuzzy]

*cough* WebOS *cough*   

No idea what that means.

Best GUI for Droid phones is LauncherPro IMO. As for installing non market apps you just need to tick the correct option that permits the execution of non market apps, then put the apk file in the correct folder. You may have to use a file manager software to do that, like ASTRO.

Riiiiiighhtt.  Whatever the heck that means.  I have already removed the dev enironment from my Linux box and will not go back to it.  The whole thing is one fragmented piece of work.  I am amazed anyone can write anything for it and get it published.  As much as I dislike programming in Windows, at least it is a well documented environment.  Pisses off the Wife unit as she really wanted the UI I cooked up.

[mipoikel]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WebOS

https://developer.palm.com/

 

[Skuzzy]

I know what WebOS is, I just do not know why it would be applicable here.  Once HP acquired it, it became a non-player in the open market.  HP does not do "open" anything.  Not going to waste any time at all on anything related to HP.

[clerick]

I know what WebOS is, I just do not know why it would be applicable here.  Once HP acquired it, it became a non-player in the open market.  HP does not do "open" anything.  Not going to waste any time at all on anything related to HP.

So far this hasn't been the case at all, they have continued Palm's "have at it" policy.

[Skuzzy]

So far this hasn't been the case at all, they have continued Palm's "have at it" policy.

You cannot count on that.  HP is notorious for altering how they do business.  They will do so without any concern to supporting the old way.  I have seen this happen too many times in thier history.