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iPhone Starbucks Ordering Screens Look Like the Real Thing
gizmodo.com — If you wanted to know how Apple's iPhone ordering and paying patent could work in Starbucks, check these amazing screens created by designer Phil Lu. Not only do they look like the real thing, but the most impressive thing is that they were actually made before the Apple patent was publicized.
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- Ireland, on 01/11/2008, -4/+137It's official, in the future nobody will talk.
- simplenation, on 01/11/2008, -23/+2Gizmodo should be banned for what they did. Buried.
- lex0nyc, on 01/11/2008, -1/+8What did they do?
- Dylson, on 01/11/2008, -6/+2Shut up.
- lex0nyc, on 01/11/2008, -1/+8What did they do?
- gldfshnpcklejar, on 01/11/2008, -1/+10The will remove the phone from the iPhone and just leave the web and text messages. Quick, someone patent that.
- noahhoward, on 01/11/2008, -0/+8Greenhouse gases around D.C. will plummet.
- FTLJohnson, on 01/11/2008, -1/+2Probably not, after all, speaking is an inefficient way of communication... In the future, thoughts will probably be transferred over wifi via your neural interface. It will probably be dubbed digital telepathy....
- Dylson, on 01/11/2008, -0/+1Agreed.
- K4P741NxKRUNCH, on 01/11/2008, -0/+2I am picturing a world like in the movie Equilibrium, except in this world you must use an iPhone, and if you are more than 5 feet away from your iPhone at any time, the chip planted in your brain by Apple will shock you repeatedly until you go back to your iPhone or eventually die.
- dylanmat, on 01/11/2008, -0/+3STFU will soon mean Speak The ***** Up
- xil3nt, on 01/12/2008, -0/+1ive always thought the same thing
- Gersh, on 01/12/2008, -0/+0IAWTC. We will communicate through a bluetooth chip in our brains.
- feliphe, on 01/13/2008, -0/+1what if i want a tall tea in a venti cup with extra extra room for milk and 10 packages of honey?
- simplenation, on 01/11/2008, -23/+2Gizmodo should be banned for what they did. Buried.
- NsinU8, on 01/11/2008, -10/+17Oh no. I will no longer be able to force small talk with the pimply kid making my coffee or burger or whatever. How is that such a great loss? There will always be verbal interaction. It is unavoidable although some try.
- Ireland, on 01/11/2008, -0/+2You'll be ok, you won't have to use it.
- NoCt1, on 01/11/2008, -3/+8some of the people that take those orders are pretty hot women and worth the small talk. but other than that not much.
- TxAggie08, on 01/12/2008, -1/+1Eh if she's hot I'll find a reason to talk to her.
- starkruzr, on 01/11/2008, -1/+3Substitute "extremely attractive college girl" for "pimply kid" and the sarcasm is removed entirely from what you just said.
- edwartica, on 01/12/2008, -2/+1Its called "human interaction."
- rnawky, on 01/11/2008, -13/+33Wow thanks for posting this man, I had no idea.
http://img175.imageshack.us/img175/6858/dupeod8.pn ...- BlkGuyAtThePrty, on 01/11/2008, -6/+2wow. great job finding new and exciting ways to be a dick.
- Stalks, on 01/11/2008, -2/+1The way your being a dick, isn't new.
- JudgeMonkey, on 01/11/2008, -0/+1Dammit. I could have preordered SSBB for 20 bucks?!
It's still listed as that at the site, but it's a product not found when you click on it . Why didn't that appear in my rss list :(
- BlkGuyAtThePrty, on 01/11/2008, -6/+2wow. great job finding new and exciting ways to be a dick.
- floridiot2, on 01/11/2008, -16/+23Oh man, you can just smell the smug leaking out of these guys' assholes.
- DaffyDuck, on 01/12/2008, -1/+1It smells like freshly cut roses.
- edwartica, on 01/12/2008, -0/+1Nah, it smells like over roasted coffee.
- DaffyDuck, on 01/12/2008, -1/+1It smells like freshly cut roses.
- scoyndizzle, on 01/11/2008, -16/+3Although there is not much change in some of them, I would say Hillary has really suffered.
- scoyndizzle, on 01/11/2008, -2/+4God damn it. Wrong story. Digg that down.
- MacnCidar, on 01/11/2008, -0/+3Well, your comment is about as relevant as some of the others here...
- JudgeMonkey, on 01/11/2008, -1/+2Plus your comment is about Hillary (I assume Clinton) suffering, so that makes it awesome anyway.
- chris9902, on 01/11/2008, -35/+88You'd have to be a total tool to order coffee with a phone while in the shop.... oh right, you already own the iPhone.
- monologster, on 01/11/2008, -11/+6lol. awesome.
- MrTito, on 01/11/2008, -7/+11Zing
- naonao, on 01/11/2008, -15/+12Buried because the only reason you made that comment was to bash iPhone owners.
- chris9902, on 01/11/2008, -7/+4dude, you should totally twitter that.
- pcpimpster, on 01/11/2008, -5/+3twitter me this, twitter me that, i like to twitter while im on the *****...
- naonao, on 01/11/2008, -4/+1Do you know what Twitter is? If you did you would know that your comment didn't make sense.
- pcpimpster, on 01/12/2008, -2/+2iPhone, Starbucks...? Twitter seemed perfect for his bashing. Just ahead of its time. /innovate
- pcpimpster, on 01/12/2008, -2/+2iPhone, Starbucks...? Twitter seemed perfect for his bashing. Just ahead of its time. /innovate
- pcpimpster, on 01/11/2008, -5/+3twitter me this, twitter me that, i like to twitter while im on the *****...
- chris9902, on 01/11/2008, -7/+4dude, you should totally twitter that.
- mwosh, on 01/11/2008, -7/+4Wow, you definitely bitter about not being able to afford the iPhone.
I couldn't either.- pcpimpster, on 01/12/2008, -2/+2buried for not being able to afford an iPhone
- pcpimpster, on 01/12/2008, -2/+2buried for not being able to afford an iPhone
- Miaa, on 01/11/2008, -3/+5Just to clarify, I would use this to order a drink while im at work, then walk to starbucks and pick up my drink, without having to wait in line. saving time on my lunch break.
- pcpimpster, on 01/11/2008, -2/+1So what happens if the iPhone pickup line becomes too long and you all start fighting over which mocha latte enema is yours? B!tch fight!!
- DaffyDuck, on 01/12/2008, -1/+1Perhaps there would be some kind of number to identify which is which?
- pcpimpster, on 01/12/2008, -1/+1I still see a clerk confirming numbers which will create a line. I would assume when the iPhone doesnt tell its owner how to navigate the square tiles in the floor to the counter... there will be problems... trust me.
http://www.planebuzz.com/2007/11/we_knew_this_was_ ... - Refrag, on 01/12/2008, -0/+1They'd probably just use your name like they do now with normal orders.
- pcpimpster, on 01/12/2008, -1/+1I still see a clerk confirming numbers which will create a line. I would assume when the iPhone doesnt tell its owner how to navigate the square tiles in the floor to the counter... there will be problems... trust me.
- DaffyDuck, on 01/12/2008, -1/+1Perhaps there would be some kind of number to identify which is which?
- pcpimpster, on 01/11/2008, -2/+1So what happens if the iPhone pickup line becomes too long and you all start fighting over which mocha latte enema is yours? B!tch fight!!
- starkruzr, on 01/11/2008, -3/+7Yeah, you'd have to be a total tool to want to skip waiting in line. What kind of idiot doesn't want to stand around for 10 minutes in a SoHo Starbucks twiddling their thumbs?
- pcpimpster, on 01/11/2008, -2/+5It's going to be just like waiting for a prescription you called in, it will be ready but you will will still have a line and you will still have to wait for someone to hand it to you.
There should be a coffee cannon that shoots it at you as soon as you walk in the door.- pcpimpster, on 01/12/2008, -1/+2Based on the wifi or gps id your ipwn broadcasts
- pcpimpster, on 01/12/2008, -1/+2Based on the wifi or gps id your ipwn broadcasts
- pcpimpster, on 01/11/2008, -2/+5It's going to be just like waiting for a prescription you called in, it will be ready but you will will still have a line and you will still have to wait for someone to hand it to you.
- Refrag, on 01/12/2008, -0/+1The Starbucks in the office building I work in sometimes has the ordering line backed up so far that they send an employee down the line asking everyone what their order is and what their name is. This would solve that for those of us with an iPhone. I'd definitely use it, especially if I got to skip the line.
- clak, on 01/11/2008, -34/+22iPhone Owner: Great. I can order my coffee without standing in line now. What do you think about that?
Apple Hater: But... But... the iPhone sucks. Apple didn't invent coffee. Why are people saying Apple invented coffee?
iPhone Owner: Uh, no one said Apple invented coffee. I just love the fact I don't have to stand in line..."
Apple Hater: God, you Apple people are so smug. You think you're too hip to stand in line, is that it?
iPhone Owner: No, all I'm saying is... you know, it's kinda cool...
Apple Hater: No, STANDING is cool. People who stand have better leg development and... and... patience! Yeah, that's it. Patience!
iPhone Owner: Okay, well, I'm going out to Starbucks. You want anything?
Apple Hater: No, I'm waiting for the Windows Mobile version to completely blow this feature away, thanks. I can do that, you see, cause I have patience!
iPhone Owner: You mean, you refuse to drink coffee until Windows Mobile has the same feature?
Apple Hater: That's right!
iPhone Owner: Isn't that sort of extreme?
Apple Hater: The Windows Mobile version will work with Peet's, Dunkin Donuts, and Krispy Kreme.
iPhone Owner: What about Java?
Apple Hater: Huh?
iPhone Owner: Never mind. Peet's is okay, but those other two kind of suck.
Apple Hater: There'll be a Window's Mobile Coffee Edition Home. Window's Mobile Coffee Edition Plus. And Windows Mobile Coffee Edition...
iPhone Owner: Venti?
Apple Hater: Huh?
iPhone Owner: Uh, nothing.- Bonobo, on 01/11/2008, -16/+7smug *****
- Hobbes24, on 01/11/2008, -7/+6you missed the point, genious
- naonao, on 01/11/2008, -2/+11*Genius
- ninsei, on 01/11/2008, -2/+10Wow, busy at work today?
- StoneLox, on 01/11/2008, -5/+5are you ***** serious?
- sprx, on 01/11/2008, -5/+5Awesome... you nailed it
- gldfshnpcklejar, on 01/11/2008, -5/+8clak hater: I don't drink $7 coffee, and my phone is a 3+ year old motorola. I spend my money wisely. For example: education.
- Terr01, on 01/11/2008, -7/+2iPhone Owner: I can't believe that you all love Microsoft so much that you still stand in line for coffee!
Non-Owner: What's wrong with that?
iPhone Owner: [Pointing at Phone] You're just too used to an inferior product.
Non-Owner: Huh?
iPhone Owner: Terrible design, I mean, the iPhone is so easy to use!
Non-Owner: I use this for work. It cost me $60. What about your iPhone?
iPhone Owner: Well... $600, but they did have a sort of rebate thing.
Non-Owner: And a few hundred is worth it to avoid waiting in line for Coffee?
iPhone Owner: Well, I can watch movies! And browse the web!
Non-Owner: I could get a smal laptop for the same cost, and do work too.
iPhone Owner: Gawd, you're just like in that commercial. It's so true. Later, windoze losers.
- 2digg4, on 01/11/2008, -5/+14Wonderful interface. Dugg!
- Topher06, on 01/11/2008, -10/+7Honestly, this this necessary? It takes roughly 4 minutes to place and receive an order at Starbucks, where the ordering part takes about 30 seconds, that is of course after a 20 minute wait to get to the cash. So your standing in line and can place an order on your iPhone so that 20 minutes later you recieve a tepid coffee or melted frappacino? I will order a fresh hot coffee from the person taking the orders thank you. Pizza, Chinese, any other take out food ordering will work great but having to cut time by ordering a coffee on an iPhone is absolutely the must f*cking stupid idea I have heard of next to a Venti No-Fat Soy Latte, extra Whip (and I have heard that).
- SoBayJake, on 01/11/2008, -1/+7Uhm, I think you missed the point. You'd walk in, presumably scan your phone screen, and your order would go in the queue as if the person at the register had just taken it. Who knows if any of this is even true, or has a chance at being true.
- milkmage, on 01/11/2008, -0/+3calm down.
it's a demonstration to suggest what the possibilities could be. it might be overkill for a cup of coffee - but it's pretty cool in CONCEPT (online ordering for SOMETHING via SOME mobile device) not specifically using the iPhone to order Starbucks) - don't take it so literally - use your imagination. - starkruzr, on 01/11/2008, -0/+2"where the ordering part takes about 30 seconds"
You apparently don't live in New York.
- rkdotan, on 06/06/2008, -0/+3http://genoco.com/link/interactive_quickOrder.html
- ColonelJessup, on 01/11/2008, -0/+35I wish I could go back in time and tell people that in the future you can order a cup of coffee over your phone. Not only that, but you would pay 5 bucks for it.
- TremorX, on 01/11/2008, -1/+2Now, the question is, would it be easy/feasible with the SDK to make this sort of thing for other restaurants and businesses, because it would be kind of cool to be able to place a lunch order and cut out the standing-in-line part; just order & pay with your phone and your meal shows up at your table! Really, I guess you could do that with a simple web interface, maybe tie that to your 'free' wifi...
- addiktion, on 01/15/2008, -0/+1When Apple takes over the world you will still be standing in line anyways due to everyone doing this same technique.
- mark076h, on 01/11/2008, -7/+1WTF is smug?
- bjs3171, on 01/11/2008, -9/+2i have a question. what?
- jakdracula, on 01/11/2008, -6/+5This was posted earlier today right here on Digg. Why the repost?
- JudgeMonkey, on 01/11/2008, -0/+1Because we love to infuriate you.
- SirBotchness, on 01/11/2008, -3/+5amazing, same exact story twice, no one looks for dupes when submitting.
- emomakesmecry, on 01/11/2008, -6/+7For God's sake, this has already been posted just a couple pages ago.
http://digg.com/apple/Starbucks_iPhone_Ordering_Co ...- MScrip, on 01/11/2008, -2/+1Yes... and 3 comments in 3 minutes telling us about the dupe. While some stories only get duped a few times, the "this is a dupe" comment count is ever increasing.
- EntrepreNerd, on 01/12/2008, -0/+1It cold have something to do with the fact that stuff on Digg moves fast enough that those who do not have Digg as their home page tend to miss a story or two.
- crazysamz, on 01/11/2008, -11/+10So Apple's becoming anti-social... No wonder the Zune's logo was Welcome to the social.... I guess Apple users are anti-social???
- saralovemuffins, on 01/11/2008, -2/+2I think this is a great idea. I guess you don't really need to order from your phone, but it's just so cool that you would be able to.
- jabberwolf, on 01/11/2008, -2/+1Um so this is the first time anyone has tried to order a coffee on the internet with an iphone ( gets out old windows mobile phone)? This article is a bit late isnt it?!
- AtHomeBoy2000, on 01/11/2008, -6/+2Wont go to Gizmodo any more because of their CES stunt
- Vector713, on 01/11/2008, -0/+1Get over yourself. It was harmless fun.
- MookiBlaylock, on 01/11/2008, -2/+4Awesome interface
- baxterthaman, on 01/11/2008, -1/+4Gizmodo wasn't getting enough traffic today so they had to copy it from somewhere else, then post to Digg.
- zeazzz, on 01/11/2008, -1/+10But those are iPod Touches...
- starkruzr, on 01/11/2008, -0/+1Do you seriously think an opportunity to monetize something will be left off either device? Come on.
- Proctor, on 01/11/2008, -1/+1The iPod touch doesn't have the AT&T network. The artist was retarded, therefore the picture is *****.
- starkruzr, on 01/12/2008, -0/+1Okay, great! Now explain why it needs the AT&T network.
Are you feeling stupid yet?
- starkruzr, on 01/12/2008, -0/+1Okay, great! Now explain why it needs the AT&T network.
- Proctor, on 01/11/2008, -1/+1The iPod touch doesn't have the AT&T network. The artist was retarded, therefore the picture is *****.
- starkruzr, on 01/11/2008, -0/+1Do you seriously think an opportunity to monetize something will be left off either device? Come on.
- SeBBBe, on 01/11/2008, -5/+3Wait a sec... That's not an iPhone, it's an iPod touch. And it says AT&T in the corner. Sorry, but I have to call fake..
- Brockmann, on 01/11/2008, -0/+0It's not real? You don't say...
- mek11, on 01/11/2008, -3/+0Is this sort of thing really necessary?
- jasonisageek, on 01/11/2008, -3/+2Awesome. I can use an overpriced device to order overpriced coffee.
- endun, on 01/11/2008, -3/+1Ipod touches, they can now be converted into iPhones...
- kelsconsonants, on 01/11/2008, -0/+0Not having to stand in lines, saving drinks as favorites...DONE!
- kelsconsonants, on 01/11/2008, -2/+0Not having to stand in lines, no order pressure with favorites...DONE!
- bobertf, on 01/11/2008, -1/+1If the size section of the real system be the same as this, you'll still need to order a Short in person.
- lynx, on 01/11/2008, -0/+0This gives you an idea how live will change when your surroundings (e.g. stores, cars,...) will interact with your future mobile devices. For example think of a large retail store with a full text search over the inventory and a map to guide you to the product. It also demonstrates which cool services 3rd parties could provide today if there only was an open API.
- DOGPARTY, on 01/12/2008, -0/+1why would they want to do that? people wont spend time finding the product and thus seeing the other products.
idiot
- DOGPARTY, on 01/12/2008, -0/+1why would they want to do that? people wont spend time finding the product and thus seeing the other products.
- ranon, on 01/11/2008, -1/+0brilliant... I hear it comes with a snarky attitude, faux-hawk, and undersized t-shirt too!
- LilBoyLuver, on 01/11/2008, -1/+1Yes, now I won't even have to take off my Myvus.
- antechinus, on 01/11/2008, -1/+3If someone took a photograph of a turd floating in an Apple toilet bowl it would be front page on Digg.
- RyFo18, on 01/12/2008, -0/+3Good! Now I can buy overpriced hyped up coffee from my overpriced hyped up phone!
- TVarmy, on 01/12/2008, -1/+1Why have the guy scan it? The place already has WiFi, so why not just have the register receive orders from the router? Your phone/computer could track the status of your order, or the cup could have your name written on it so you know it's yours by the time it goes on the counter. Plus, this approach would let people with laptops also get their thing without having to wait in line. Credit cards could easily replace the credit.
Come to think of it, this could work in any store or restaurant really well. Imagine waiting for a table at the restaurant, reading the menu on your phone, and placing in your order so that you don't have to wait as long when you finally get your table. Or reserving yourself a Wii as you just walk into Target rather than walking all the way over to the electronics section just to see if they're in stock.- TxAggie08, on 01/12/2008, -0/+1Yep, because the store would process the order to pick up the Wii before you got to electronics. Buried for not knowing how slow e-commerce can be once an electronic order hits the real world.
- TxAggie08, on 01/12/2008, -0/+110 years from today....
Apple announces agreement with Starbucks to embed chips that use nanotechnology to produce Starbucks coffee right inside the iPhone. This of course would be delivered directly to the Borg implant, er interface on your arm. - edwartica, on 01/12/2008, -0/+2Wow, you realize that people who work in coffee shops count on tips as part of their salary? So...does this mean that all tips will be eliminated?
- mediabaron, on 01/13/2008, -0/+1Starbucks screwed their employees when they increased prices, most folks just drop the change into the tip jar so they're spending the same, just less tip going into the jar.
- joshualamgroup, on 02/17/2008, -0/+0you can always tip the gut delivering the drink, of course.
- mediabaron, on 01/13/2008, -0/+1Starbucks screwed their employees when they increased prices, most folks just drop the change into the tip jar so they're spending the same, just less tip going into the jar.
- BenDigital, on 01/12/2008, -0/+2I THINK ITS FAKE!
Here's why, I scanned the semacode with my N95 Barcode reader, it gives a link to http://www.genoco.com.
Shouldn't it provided the data of the drink you just ordered!!- joshualamgroup, on 02/17/2008, -0/+0yes, it's only a work of an artist, it's not official
- feliphe, on 01/13/2008, -0/+1Phil Lu? whoTF is Phil Lu? a doctor?
- flysinpurplepie, on 01/15/2008, -0/+0no you can get iphone porn at starbucks! http://www.freetouchporn.com
- joshualamgroup, on 02/17/2008, -0/+0what the hell?
- joshualamgroup, on 02/17/2008, -0/+0That's an iPod touch, yet it's connected to AT&T in the top left corner?
yupp, i know, it's only the work of an artist, but, at least us a picture of an iPhone!
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