Craig Mathias describes the tension between strong-specific and weak-general devices.
“You get the picture. We’re going to continue to see innovation, but always with a degree of compromise attached. You’re likely to try lots of mobile devices, and all of them will prove unsatisfactory in at least one dimension. Everyone, for example, is lusting after Apple’s iPhone…But it has no physical keyboard, and touch-screen keyboards have been notoriously fickle. You should be able to attach a Bluetooth keyboard, but that’s another accessory to carry, and convenience would take a hit. ”
Link: Why one device can’t do everything (via)
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Tags: design, device, functionality, interactiondesign, ixd, mobile, ui, userinterface
