Amazon phone 'will favor tilting over touch
More details have emerged about Amazon's long-rumored 3D-capable smartphone.
According to , the yet-to-be confirmed device will utilise unique gesture controls instead of traditional finger-based touch buttons.
The handset will reportedly display additional details when tilted in different directions, achieved with retina-tracking technology embedded in four front-facing cameras and sensors.
For example, labels will appear beneath app icons to provide a description of their function, while a gesture tilt in the maps app on searching for a restaurant will apparently show Yelp ratings.
Similarly, a tilt within the Amazon video store will apparently display IMDb ratings over the movie's thumbnail and tilting on a product via Amazon.com may show different image views.
It is claimed that Amazon's smartphone has removed traditional menu buttons altogether for right or left tilts, which will make panels appear over the current screen.
This could work on the Kindle book reading app by opening the X-Ray menu reference tool, while the messaging app will open a panel for quick access to the phone's camera roll.
Other functions said to be on board include a feature that can capture and recognize text on real-life objects using the rear camera and convert the text into a note.
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