Tog on the iPhone

Bruce Tognazzini has a column on the iPhone, which, given his background, naturally focuses on the iPhone’s user experience. He’s at a slight disadvantage in that he hasn’t actually used one, but he does a pretty good job of commenting on what it’s likely to feel like. More to the point, he extrapolates beyond this first generation of the iPhone into devices that he’s really like to get his hands on.

 

By the way, his piece also has a link to his page on the Starfire Project, which is worth checking out – and you can download the Starfire film. I remember this from 1993. You thought that Minority Report got there first showing a gesture-based interface? Wrong – it was there in the 1993 film of the Starfire Project. Also notice the social interactions based around the concept of always-on video messaging.