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Posted by hipstomp | 19 Sep 2008
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I'm a moderately enthusiastic iPhone user, but must admit that one thing I miss about the telephony experience is flipping a phone open or closed to take or break a call. So yes, it's with a bit of envy that I regard the form factor for Research in Motion's new BlackBerry Pearl Flip 8220, the first flippable smartphone. The unmistakable tactility and the metaphor of opening or closing a little door for each call produces a subtle satisfaction that can't be matched by watching an icon disappear on a touchscreen.
Which do you prefer?
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I too am an iPhone user and I too miss the tactile feedback of actual buttons. I would prefer this design if it had a full qwerty keyboard like my old 8300 does. Then again, the Handspring Visor was a pretty ungainly beast ;-)
agree with you, hipstomp. it's the same reason why i got an ipod classic instead of a touch.
I am also an iPhone user who misses the tactile feedback. It was something that I hadn't thought about before getting the phone, but now realize is a real drawback. Not that it is a good idea to be making calls while driving, but... lots of us do it. It is virtually impossible with the iPhone. With my old LG I could make a call without ever looking down at the phone. The iPhone requires you to use your eyes and for the best use it requires two hands. So now here we have people driving down the road with their eyes on the phone and both hands using it!!
"the first flippable smartphone" i don't think so... what about the motorola mpx 200 running windows mobile os?
Really?
I never really liked the flip phone, and I always made it a priority in my list, for the phone to be one of those. Form the design/ functionality perspective is an unnecessary step, and I never really seen a nice flip phone up today, even when the razor came out, I remember still loving the nokia ericsson phone.
but then again, I don't care much about phones, and I don't have an iphone.
there is something to be said about hanging up... that subtle snap says "i'm done" and that reverse wrist flick just makes you feel cool. i feel more finality to my calls at work than i do on my crackberry (which gets buttons mashed accidentally all the time) or on a cordless handset at home...
... when it came out i thought it was kind of dumb... but i may have to get this flip pearl.
I have a Blackberry Pearl. It may be more tactile, but the interface isn't perfect. The only way to access speakerphone is to scroll through the on-screen in-call menu.
Generally, I turn on speakerphone so my hands can be free. Having to look at the screen and scroll through the menu to accomplish this is not great interface design.
Robert, the poster apparently was only commenting on the tactility of flipping a flip phone, not the buttons.
I personally abhor flip phones, and I'm not so fond of sliders either. I've seen too many of my friends snap their flip phones and I've seen some sliders get damaged as well. I also don't like the idea of having to open a phone to take a call, I'd rather just aimlessly mash a button. I was kind of bummed to see the Pearl Flip, because I'm betting that means that RIM isn't going to release a thinner-but-still-candybar version of the Pearl, which would be a wonderful phone, in my opinion.
Sliders over flip phones any day of the week, it just feels better to slide a phone!
http://snipr.com/3s6l3 I wouldn't necessarily say "first"...samsung had the i500 and i600 (both with smartphone in the name) starting in 2002 or 2003. I had both phones and was sad to see them go.
What about the best ever flip smartphone? The Kyocera 7135 based on Palm 4 with touchscreen...I think we have gone backwards with most phones. Also, what ever happened to Imate's 9150 flip phone???