Atelab develops new text interface on cellular phone
March 24, 2003
Atelab Research announced its achievements in developing a new
cellular phone with enhanced text editing capabilities. The phone
will be equipped with a newly developed interface called Enhanced
eDition Interface Terminal (EDiT). This solution will facilitate
entering text messages and using e-mail and calendar features.
When EDiT is not in use, i.e. with its keypad concealed, a phone
equipped with this interface looks like a traditional cellular phone.
The primary numerical keypad enables making and receiving calls,
and provides full support of menu, voice mail, SMS, EMS just like
any other ordinary cellular phone.
The innovation is an additional alphanumerical keypad that slides
out from the phone and enables easy editing of SMS & EMS text messages
and mobile Email. The user holds the phone in one hand and enters
text with his other hand on the additional alphanumerical keypad.
In case of an incoming call, the additional keypad can be retracted
with one move and the conversation can begin, just like in a traditional
cellular phone.
The EDiT interface also facilitates the use of WAP service and
the phone's build-in calendar and organizer features. Everyone who
uses these build-in features knows how much time entering new appointments
and tasks take.
Depending on the phone's version, the additional alphanumerical
keypad can be extracted in the same way as a blade from a pocketknife,
or connected as an accessory on an arm under the phone.
Engineers from Atelab Research assume that the EDiT interface will
be made available for use in all types of GSM & 3G phones, from
popular phones to handheld business phones that are equipped with
complex notepad, Email and phonebook features. Presently intensive
tests of the interface's prototype are in progress.
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