Just Give Me a Simple Phone: "What do (customers) do best on the phone? They talk. What do they do worst? Type. Why is every user interface based on typing?"

Lurking badgers, gay storks and German bears: ""It is now a problem bear. A man-bear encounter could occur at any time. It cannot be allowed to roam freely.""

Does this indicate punctuated equilibrium for tapping? The Nokia 5500 "...uses the built-in sensor to control some of the phone functions by… tapping. For example to skip to the next song just tap it twice on the right side. To listen the previous song, tap it twice on the left side. No need for dedicated buttons."

And at the same time, FP JackJack sends me this lovely video of tilt sensors tied into Exposé.

Google's Eric Schmidt: "Mobile phones are cheaper than PCs, there are three times more of them, growing at twice the speed, and they increasingly have internet access. What is more, the World Bank estimates that more than two-thirds of the world’s population lives within range of a mobile phone network. Mobile is going to be the next big internet phenomenon. It holds the key to greater access for everyone – with all the benefits that entails."

Sony Ericsson Z550 exists within a futuristic utopia: "Hurry up and arrive, The Future! It'll be so much easier talking to girls and getting girlfriends when all human communication is done entirely by text message, eliminating 'nervous stuttering' and self-image issues once and for all."