Re:HP Announces The Veer, A Credit Card Sized webOS Device
by masklinn on Wednesday February 09, 2011 @04:57PM
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> I think most of the phones are trending toward a larger display.
Which, as far as I'm concerned, is an utterly terrible idea. I tried a 4.2" phone, I'd need a 4th phalanx at each finger for it to become comfortable (and the real estate in my pants is not sufficient for comfortable wear), even though I believe I have pretty standard hands for 180cm height. First time a device made me think I had small hands.
The thing was unusable single-handed (roughly 25% of the screen was not accessible to my thumb with a standard hold) and not enjoyable when using one hand to hold and one hand to use (hand felt overly stretched)
> I wonder what the appeal of a much smaller device will be compared to most of the industry moving to larger screens.
I'd expect many women to enjoy phones which don't require two hands for usage.
Which, as far as I'm concerned, is an utterly terrible idea. I tried a 4.2" phone, I'd need a 4th phalanx at each finger for it to become comfortable (and the real estate in my pants is not sufficient for comfortable wear), even though I believe I have pretty standard hands for 180cm height. First time a device made me think I had small hands.
The thing was unusable single-handed (roughly 25% of the screen was not accessible to my thumb with a standard hold) and not enjoyable when using one hand to hold and one hand to use (hand felt overly stretched)
> I wonder what the appeal of a much smaller device will be compared to most of the industry moving to larger screens.
I'd expect many women to enjoy phones which don't require two hands for usage.