the iLife

steve jobs (chris’ boss and father-figure) and apple unveiled their iphone prototype this week. i was amused by this paragraph’s use of the apparently colloquial phrase “face dial”:

The phone is rectangular, and the entire front surface is a touch screen. All of its functions are activated by touch, but when you bring your iPhone to your face, a proximity sensor will turn off the touchscreen so you don't accidentally face dial.

face dialing, as well as face humping, has plagued me for some time. but until now i thought i was the only one. i will probably end up getting one of these phones but it looks so big in the photos that i will most likely end up throwing it in the corner and face dialing a one-nine-hundred number.