Startup Senseg promises “game changing” tactile technology

Startup Senseg promises “game changing” tactile technology

Imagine this: an iPhone with a keyboard you can actually feel, even though there are no physical keys.

That’s the goal that many mobile phone suppliers including Apple would love to reach. Touch and feel screens in mobile phones are already available, at least from Samsung and LG, but it seems to be difficult to create a technology that works well enough.

Senseg, a Finnish startup, says that E-Sense, the tactile interface technology they have developed, will be the game changer…. Continue Reading

eComm conference: Skype speaker says VOIP on cell phones coming

eComm conference: Skype speaker says VOIP on cell phones coming

Jonathan Christensen opened the eComm (emerging communications) conference at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, Calif., with the prediction that free Internet calling will make its way to mobile handsets and complete the revolution that began with computer calling.

“To me, this is the most interesting time for us,” said Christensen, general manager of audio and video at eBay’s Skype division. “The phone is dead.”
He didn’t, however, give an exact time for the death of… Continue Reading