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Amazon’s Upcoming Handset To Feature Tilt-Control

If you thought gesture controls made you look like a clown, say hello to tilt control.

 

So far we all know that Big A’s phone will run on a heavily skinned version of the Android OS which will most probably be similar to the one on the Kindle Fire tablets. We also know that we will feel a bit creepy while holding the device up, considering that there are 5 cameras staring at you all the time. Well, now thanks to BGR, we now know that the handset will have a tilt-based UI as well.

So how does that work? Well, some of it is already available in Samsung’s Galaxy range of handsets. Place your finger on the lock screen and tilt to launch the camera function. But Amazon plans to take this a bit further. Sources say that Amazon is planning to change the way we interact with our phones by simply allows us to tilt to launch multiple functions.

The function will be built into all of the native apps, and according to what we know, in third-party apps as well. The feature will basically allow you to explore more by tilting you phone to the landscape mode. So if you happen to be clicking a picture via the camera app, you would simply need to tilt the phone to access the gallery app on handset. Developers can take advantage of such features as well. But this would be directly dependent upon how many people are willing to shift to such a UI.

So if Amazon does sell plenty of Amazon phones, then we should expect third-party apps developers to step into the game as well. But if people find the whole idea cumbersome and irritating, then we would wish Amazon the best of luck.
 


TAGS: Mobile Phones, Open Source Android, Amazon

 
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