Custom The Other Half with extra hardware buttons
asked 2014-06-19 23:26:44 +0200
Is it feasible that third parties might create TOHs with extra hardware buttons that are specific to their applications? An example I'm thinking of is: a Spotify TOH, where you could be walking down the street listening to music and be able to perform functions like skip to next track or pause, without even taking your phone out of your pocket. (Such a TOH might even have an extra NFC chip to connect to your NFC headphones or NFC receiver)
A colleague of mine does not like the fact that Android buttons take away a part of the screen. A TOH could have the Android buttons and that could be detected, letting Android apps use the entire screen.
StaticNoiseLog ( 2014-06-20 01:16:26 +0200 )edit3rd party TOHs would be great, hopefully some companies start investing. But I feel that for Spotify the best option would be a small remote on the heaphones: https://together.jolla.com/question/37040/original-jolla-branded-headphones-is-a-needed-accessory-which-features-would-be-coolessential/
t0mps0 ( 2014-06-20 11:44:38 +0200 )editIt's a great idea especially that TOH can be "felt" as a separate entity so you immediately know that the buttons you touch are the right ones.
lhorga ( 2014-06-20 22:25:07 +0200 )editI like the idea of buttons that feel different without the user needing to focus on them. Perhaps a TOH with, for example 3, distinctly feelable buttons. These could be open for application developers to use for their own ends - e.g. could have different functions for camera, spotify, maps,etc. (...nice to think that there may be people here who, unlike me, have the actual skills to build things like this...)
pedrox ( 2014-06-21 00:08:35 +0200 )edit