Just like everyone else, I think that touchscreens are cool. It's nice to be able to move an icon around the screen, draw a line, do this do that.But really - do we need touchscreens everywhere?
Take a look at that prototype iMac touch. Wow! How neat! You can...touch things!
Yes, very neat indeed. HP also has their breed of touchscreen devices and computers, and I'm sure this whole fad will be with us until non screen touching gestures are utilized over actually touching the screen...which is the problem.
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If you have a touchscreen device (Audric has an iPhone and Nate has the Samsung Intercept) you know how nasty that screen can get after a day of use. You seriously need to keep a microfiber towel handy to clean it off, otherwise in some sunlight, you're halfway trying to read text and smudge at the same time. It can look like Swamp Thing got ahold of your device.
I'm quite thankful that my Samsung Intercept has a real physical keyboard. With man hands it still is a bit small for my taste, but it does work and I don't have to type on the joke of a 3" screen (which I actually did once and somehow spelled "Remachines.com" correctly).
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I'm a holdout for things such as mice and screens until gestures (no, we're not talking a wand like the Nintendo Wii which is untolerable to control) become more mainstream. We're hoping that devices like the Microsoft Kinect for Xbox starts taking things to the next level. If it can, then all those front facing cameras will actually have a use other than trying to get some Facetime.
Then again, gestures might be a joke when your thoughts are downloaded immediately to the camera, like the most memorable part of Minority Report:
Still typing on my Logitech UltraX keyboard (I've had for five years).
-Nate
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