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Apple Looking to License Haptic Technology?

Saturday April 26, 2008 1:49 pm PDT by Arnold Kim
One report claims that Apple is looking to license haptic technology from Immersion Corporation for future iPhones.

A source (Apple Inc employee), who chose to remain anonymous, told us that senior executives of the two companies have already met once on Tuesday and the next meeting has been scheduled for Friday morning. The source confirmed that the executives will continue discussions over licencing and implementation issues of iPhone haptics.


It's difficult to place much credibility into this rumor which was posted on a on a blog that has been in existence for less than two months.

We previously discussed Haptic technology surrounding Samsung's latest phones.
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QuarterSwede
50 months ago
I hope they do so that it would be easier to type and use. Just gives it a more realistic feel.
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KingYaba
50 months ago
How long until we are hooking these units up to our brains? Having to finger things is slow compared to sending brain signals. :p
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cloudnine
50 months ago
I hope this happens... I can't really explain it, but when I played around with one of the new Giorgio Armani phones, (the only phone that could maybe, possibly make me think of ditching the iPhone for a second), it had haptic feedback and it was pretty neat. Just something about that slight feedback when pushing a "button" was useful in a way.

I wonder how it effects battery life, though :/ blah.
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localoid
50 months ago
Sounds erotic, but then it could be the first step in a sinister Pavlovian plot.
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retroneo
50 months ago
My old motorola a1000 from 2004 had haptic feedback for its all touchscreen front. Had 3g and two cameras and stereo speakers too.
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!¡ V ¡!
50 months ago
So it takes how much work to apply code to let the vibrate feature in the phone to activate to various degrees when a button or icon is press on a touch screen. :rolleyes:
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vabigpoppa
50 months ago

So it takes how much work to apply code to let the vibrate feature in the phone to activate to various degrees when a button or icon is press on a touch screen. :rolleyes:


w/ haptic feedback, the whole phone doesnt vibrate, so that wouldnt work
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Jayrod
50 months ago
Personally, I think haptic feedback is pointless. The idea is to get feedback so you know that you are pressing the right button? That's what my EYES are for. I can see when I make mistakes. I don't need feedback for that.
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twoodcc
50 months ago
well i guess this rumor can't hold much water, considering where it came from. but i don't think i understand what this could mean
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vabigpoppa
50 months ago

well i guess this rumor can't hold much water, considering where it came from. but i don't think i understand what this could mean


pretty much when you press something on the touch screen, it will give you tactile feedback to make it feel like a button when you press it.

one quick example....i know when im listening to my ipod, i like to change songs and volume without taking it out of my pocket. thats hard to do w/o some kind of tactile feedback. the addition of haptics will make that possible now.
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