Comments on: Why Apps Need Some Sense and Sensibility http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/why-apps-need-some-sense-and-sensibility/ Mon, 20 May 2013 17:00:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: thatipad http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/why-apps-need-some-sense-and-sensibility/#comment-617791 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 12:02:31 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=331062#comment-617791 “When we think of mobile phones, we need to stop thinking of them as computer-like devices, and instead, think of them as extensions of us.”

very well said indeed.

]]> By: StatSpotting http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/why-apps-need-some-sense-and-sensibility/#comment-617431 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 14:32:07 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=331062#comment-617431 “When we think of mobile phones, we need to stop thinking of them as computer-like devices, and instead, think of them as extensions of us.”

very very well said.

]]> By: DesertRose http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/why-apps-need-some-sense-and-sensibility/#comment-617422 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:11:49 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=331062#comment-617422 …And soon we can dispense with literacy entirely! Oh boy!

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/why-apps-need-some-sense-and-sensibility/#comment-617420 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:01:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=331062#comment-617420 Looks like its coming – hopefully in the future revisions of iPhone and Android devices. Or so I have heard.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/why-apps-need-some-sense-and-sensibility/#comment-617419 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 13:00:08 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=331062#comment-617419 Thanks and good luck with your apps as well. Clearly thinking in the right direction.

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/why-apps-need-some-sense-and-sensibility/#comment-617418 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:59:18 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=331062#comment-617418 +1 to that. Of course, you could switch to Verizon, but their network has its own issues as well :-)

]]> By: Om Malik http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/why-apps-need-some-sense-and-sensibility/#comment-617417 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 12:58:13 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=331062#comment-617417 Agreed and that is why I think what the MIT crew has done is actually very valuable and it would be great to see that roll into modern products.

On your comments about Apple and your woes with the 5.6 Ghz signal, I am sorry you have to suffer.

]]> By: alexander http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/why-apps-need-some-sense-and-sensibility/#comment-617331 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 20:24:47 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=331062#comment-617331 I was having a similar discussion with a friend yesterday. Why should I need to manually turn on a GPS logging app on my iPhone when it should be able to pick up signals that tell it I am driving or cycling and automagically switch on its logging function. Like a personalized Shazam for movement tracking.

]]> By: mortjac http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/why-apps-need-some-sense-and-sensibility/#comment-617325 Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:27:02 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=331062#comment-617325 I did a comment on your post at http://www.iakttakelser.com/2011/04/why-apps-need-some-sense-and.html

I’m stunned that you described our aim so clearly, namely: “The mobile phone is not made for textual interactions, but instead, it is one, which has similar visual and contextual capabilities as we have.”

In our billing apps we are using GPS, search, camera and gestures. That’s four senses. Just to reduce need for textual interaction.

Great article!

]]> By: Simon White http://gigaom.com/2011/04/15/why-apps-need-some-sense-and-sensibility/#comment-617265 Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:08:19 +0000 http://gigaom.com/?p=331062#comment-617265 The same thing happens here (UK) as well. I do what you do and turn 3G off when I’m at sporting events and the like.

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