RIM’s soon-to-be-released “iPhone Killer” is pretty interesting. It features a multi touch screen with tactile feedback. Apparently, when you press an on-screen key, the screen actually depresses slightly and provides haptic feedback in the form of a buzz under your finger where you pressed on the screen. Just hearing about it, I’m not sure it’s something I’d want, but I’d love to feel it for myself. If it work well, it could be very cool. It uses WebKit for its browser. I also like how the phone does full QWERTY in landscape and RIM’s SureType in portrait — clever choice.
http://crackberry.com/exclusive-first-live-pics-blackberry-thunder
001 // Karl Peterson // 07.15.2008 // 12:30 PM
Is it just me or are they using Comic Sans in that interface? That’s embarrassing.
002 // Jeff Croft // 07.15.2008 // 1:58 PM
It is somehow worse than Apple, which uses Marker Felt in the iPhone interface?
003 // Karl Peterson // 07.16.2008 // 1:34 PM
I don’t have an iPhone either, so I didn’t realize they use Marker Felt. That’s pretty lame too.
I also was reading in the comments that you can change the interface fonts on the Blackberry, so it’s not that big of a deal. Can you change the fonts on the iPhone?