http://www.osnews.com/story/21875/A_Look_at_Kodak_V1073_s_Touchscreen_UI Exploring the Future of Computing en-us Copyright 2001-2012, David Adams adam+nospam@osnews.com Sat, 11 Feb 2012 12:32:55 GMT http://www.osnews.com/images/osnews.gif http://www.osnews.com http://www.osnews.com/thread?374684 http://www.osnews.com/thread?374684 All the images seem to be broken links.Edited 2009-07-22 15:46 UTC Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:45:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (aesiamun) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?374720 http://www.osnews.com/thread?374720 Am I the only person left in the world who hates touchscreens? I hated it on my mobile phone and I sure don't want one on a camera. It's bad enough that they don't put viewfinders on these little camera's any more. Now, as well as not being able to see the screen in sunlight to compose the shot, you won't be able to work the controls either. Thank god I have an SLR where buttons and viewfinders are mandatory. How long before we get laptops without proper keyboards but with a cruddy touchscreen instead? Touchscreens are a stupid fad that I hope dies out soon. Die, die, die! Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:23:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (davyc) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?374723 http://www.osnews.com/thread?374723 Its funny that the main feature of this camera is a touch screen. When the images from this sensor look so bad (chewed up and noisy) who cares about the user interface. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:37:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (drgfuk) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?374726 http://www.osnews.com/thread?374726 I wouldn't say they are crappy. Sure they are crappy compared to a DSLR, but for a $100 camera, it performs much better than others. Everything is relative in this world.

Besides, Kodak's main market is actually printing pictures, and these pics do look good printed. Family people need no more than that. Wed, 22 Jul 2009 19:52:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?374787 http://www.osnews.com/thread?374787 I really hope Kodak's main market is not about printing any more.
I've actually print about 100 pictures per year (and they are even not for me), and I shoot more than 5000 pictures a year... Thu, 23 Jul 2009 06:04:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (jeanmarc) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?374825 http://www.osnews.com/thread?374825 Perhaps i am mistaken, but i have seen a friend using a Sony p&s digital camera that has touch screen a long time ago Thu, 23 Jul 2009 10:49:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Lamnk) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?374899 http://www.osnews.com/thread?374899 Who said "the first"? The article clearly states "one of the first". Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:50:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (Eugenia) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?374901 http://www.osnews.com/thread?374901 Maybe they're in fashion because of the moving, uncryptic UI instead of the fixed buttons which can't be changed except in their functions?

Granted, in the future, I hope to see better, more dynamic haptics to be infused with touchscreens so that we can instantaneously "feel" and "press" the dimensions of whatever we're seeing on the screen (ideally, a plus for the visually impaired if dynamically-rendered Braille raised dots are incorporated); haptic touchscreens, IMO, are only the bare basics of a fluid, click/press-heavy 2D UI. Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:57:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (raynevandunem) Comments http://www.osnews.com/thread?375032 http://www.osnews.com/thread?375032 Looking at the video, seems like you need to have small fingers to be able to use the touch correctly.

I would find it frustrating after a while. It's not for me. Fri, 24 Jul 2009 12:18:00 GMT donotreply@osnews.com (truckweb) Comments