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Phone manufacturers hate this one weird tip to save you HUNDREDS of dollars by not losing your phone! One frugal tip for saving money on smartphones (do not lose them).

Mar 6, 2017

Design, Household, Phones

couch, cushions, don’t forget your phone, futon, phone, phone that lets you know where it is, phone that screams if you drop it, sofa

The issue: Cell phones occasionally fall out of a person’s pockets and get forgotten. This is especially easy to do when sitting on a sofa or in a movie theater seat. If the phone could detect that it had been dropped into sofa cushions, it could notify you before it was too late to find…
Upon seeing this cell phone and realizing it is not for sale, you will gnash and grind your teeth in rage. Dentists hate it!

Nov 9, 2015

Design, Phones, Technology, UI / UX

cell phone, chorded keyboard, phone, touchscreen

Background: Nearly all modern cell phones have the same touch-screen form factor. Except for a few buttons of low importance (e.g. volume adjustment, power, camera shutter), all interaction is done through the screen itself. The issue: This style of interaction makes use of only one finger, and leaves the remaining four fingers with nothing to…