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posted by CoolHand on Friday May 08 2015, @02:09PM   Printer-friendly
from the putting-case-makers-out-of-business dept.

Engadget reports that ZTE's premium brand, Nubia has announced their Z9 phone with what they call "Frame interactive Technology" or "FiT", which enables grip and gesture-based control on the aluminum frame.

Gestures included in the standard build include squeezing the phone twice to switch to single-hand mode so the screen automatically moves to your thumb's side, opening the camera by holding the phone horizontally with four finger (thumb) tips, and changing screen brightness by swiping up or down along both sides. Note that there's no mention of any additional action if this motion is performed repeatedly.

The FiT technology is open to customization and 3rd party apps, so extensions are very likely to be on the horizon.

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 09 2015, @11:08PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Saturday May 09 2015, @11:08PM (#180887)

    I've been waiting many years for something like this. Seems to me that phones are ideal use case for chording keyboards, you have to grip the thing anyway so your fingers are already "on" the keyboard. Sounds like this tech would let you just grab the phone without thinking about getting finger placement right - let the computer figure out which finger is which based on where they are relative to each other.