Via: Experience Mobility and SlashGear

"The dynamic menu means that multiple functions can be combined at any one time: here, a simple call (that can be answered by holding the phone to the cheek) leads to GPS mapping, which is then overlayed with the locations of a group of friends as defined in a calendar entry. Note the incredibly straightforward way that two single calls are combined into a conference call, by dragging one contact onto the other …"

Steve did a post a while back on the very interesting Onyx concept from Synaptics – where a device, in this case a concept phone, is powered purely by touch, proximity and gesture – with no hardware buttons / scroll wheels etc on the device itself.

Slashgear has a set of videos up showing this off very nicely on a concept phone – demo-ing dragging a contact straight from Calendar onto a GPS app and seeing their real-time location, adjusting volume on-screen with an onscreen scrollwheel, and Drag & Drop playlist creation.

This is a very promising looking concept and the videos are well worth a look. For more information and to watch the clips, see Steve’s original post and the SlashGear link:

Onyx Concept …

SlashGear Demo Clips

[tags]Onyx, Synaptics, ClearPad touchscreen[/tags] 

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