December 29, 2006
Actual smart product features of 2006
Brilliant Ideas That found a Welcome
This article was really comforting to read. Really. I have spent the past few months getting increasingly frustrated with a couple of cell phones that just never seem to do the things I want them to - and I really don't think I am that demanding... It just seems that for every different make and model, the manufacturers of cell phones and smart phones (large heavy things that try to be both a little computer and a cell phone, and fail miserably at both) each have a few good feature ideas, and at least an equal amount of bad ones.
However, David Pogue has reassured me that product features are not always astoundingly dumb and ill-thought-through. From magnetic power cords for your laptop that prevent the technological death caused by tripping over your power cord and bringing your fancy-schmancy laptop crashing to the ground, to Vista's Point Without Pointing speech recognition software feature that lets you identify a button or program without knowing the name, 2006 has luckily spawned a few really great product features.
I will sleep more soundly tonight. I think.
; )
Posted by lara at December 29, 2006 11:55 AM
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