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goldenface
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Sony Ericsson Invents Drag and Drop Bluetooth
A new patent application published last week shows an innovative method of transferring files between mobile phones. The Portable device with short range communication function patent discusses a mobile phone with a “simplified procedure” for sending and receiving data using a drag and drop interface.
At present sending a photo or music file isn’t particularly straightforward in most handsets. A user has to select an item from the menu, select the “send item” option, select the communication method or channel, and possibly activate a the communication function such as Bluetooth. In the Sony Ericsson invention a drag and drop touch screen utility allows a user to simply drag an item off the side of their screen in the direction of the phone they want to transfer the file to. The action of dragging the item initiates an automatic data transfer procedure using short range communication.
Basically, the user of a touch screen phone can simply use a finger/pen to touch and drag an item to be shared in the direction of the other phone. When he reaches the edge of the screen, a question will pop-up: “Send to yyy phone?” In case of NFC and short range radio, it does not matter in which direction the other user’s phone is as long as the devices are within range for communication. The user will intuitively drag the item in the direction of the other user’s phone, but in reality it could work equally well to drag the item in any direction on the display.
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QVGA
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Cant believe no one came up with such a simple idea before. If implemented, it can be really really useful.
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goldenface
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Not a bad idea at all.
Initially, I thought you could choose which device to send to depending on its location; like dragging the item off the top of the screen to send to one device and dragging off the side to send to another - that would be really cool.
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Mizzle
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I see this being part of the new UIQ |
QVGA
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With this i hope they bring back the feature where you could browse the file manager in the other phone via bluetooth.
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goldenface
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@QVGA
Wasn't that disallowed for security reasons?
That was a good feature and I don't see what the problem was when you were browsing your own devices. They should bring it back.
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Mizzle
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On 2007-11-20 10:59:19, goldenface wrote:
@QVGA
Wasn't that disallowed for security reasons?
That was a good feature and I don't see what the problem was when you were browsing your own devices. They should bring it back.
Yes it was.
There are a few ways on which it could be misused. I guess  don't want any trouble, and has decided to remove it. Besides, it's not the end of the world - there are applications that can do the same.
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PeterKay
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On 2007-11-20 10:19:21, Mizzle wrote:
I see this being part of the new UIQ
Didn't notice this on the P5i whilst i had it?
Maybe implemented later!!
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Mizzle
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@PK
I was simply guessing mate  The new UIQ will have more focus on usability and it will - still - have support for touchscreen devices. That's why I think it could be part of it
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JK
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On 2007-11-20 10:59:19, goldenface wrote:
@QVGA
Wasn't that disallowed for security reasons?
That was a good feature and I don't see what the problem was when you were browsing your own devices. They should bring it back.
Yes but that was the fun part!!
Nokios and Samsungs still can do it..
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Mizzle
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Here's how it could look
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PeterKay
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On 2007-11-20 11:14:55, Mizzle wrote:
@PK
I was simply guessing mate The new UIQ will have more focus on usability and it will - still - have support for touchscreen devices. That's why I think it could be part of it
I personally think it will too
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Mizzle
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Here's a picture from the patent
Looks cool
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ares
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pretty cool |
gola
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it's about time too 
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Posted: 2007-11-20 09:54
