Comments on: Tarati – Touchless Cellphone

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By: Jeremiah

Jeremiah — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 09:49:06 +0000

I agree Jade. Very thoughtful insight It does have that curiosity aspect to it, doesn’t it?

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Tarati Concept Phones Has no Touchscreen, Is Touching | Concept Phones — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 10:40:17 +0000

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By: Dan

Dan — Fri, 05 Sep 2008 14:35:19 +0000

…. I can see a lot of mistake calls being made on this device… If a kid got a hold of it, your bill would sky rocket and you’d have a lot of angry people.
Also the ergonomics of the design are questionable; the user would have to put effort into putting their finger through each hole, which requires more body motions, and ultimately become exhausting over a period of time.
And sure, the holes are labeled, but you have to be looking from a particular vantage point to even see them, otherwise you cant tell what hole is what.

By: Ronin_id

Ronin_id — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:21:44 +0000

Should have spent more time designing something that really solves a human problem, think context , Truly observe people and how they use there phones, just cause you put a hole in something dose not make it more ergonomic or even intuitive for users. By putting holes through 90% of the form there is no longer room for display which is something users want more than some shwanky key interaction. The form language is static (e.i Grid pattern) no real thought to how it could resonate with users on visual level, no flow or elegance. Very poetic description but the design should be able to speak for itself without any marketing included:)

By: Jade Doel

Jade Doel — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:25:37 +0000

How beautiful would it be to see this on a table across from you at a cafe. I would be intrigued to watch the person pick it up and put it to their ear. I like it, It makes you want to figure it out.

By: Edwin

Edwin — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:57:06 +0000

I think its very good to go back to the main use of the phone dialing, the gps, the music and everything else are needs that big companies create to want us more and more but having a phone which is only a phone its quite good in my opinion, it make us use our brain again.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Mon, 04 Feb 2008 11:37:47 +0000

I’m just waiting for those iPhone users to say… Where’s my tactile feedback?

By: P

Sun, 16 Dec 2007 22:24:11 +0000

unfortunately, I agree with luke. It’s a wonderful exploration of concept, experience, and it definitely breaks the mold in human-device interaction, but I think this is where the project’s influence and purpose stops. Practically, I don’t think it’s very useful in that one of the more important aspects of finger-button interaction is tactile feedback. Even touchscreen devices like the iPhone have the tactile feedback of the user’s finger “bouncing” off the screen once a selection is pressed. With this design, all tactile feedback is lost, and the user must apply force both in the downstroke and the “upstroke” (pulling the finger out of the hole) when making a selection. The whole process may be conceptually “serene” but it’s probably also very slow, time consuming, and i’m imagining having to look at the keypad as I dial, no matter how used to the phone i get.

By: bliss

bliss — Sun, 30 Sep 2007 12:16:27 +0000

your just jelous, lets see you come out with something th@ hot!