Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Technology: Will Everything be Touch Screen by 2010?

::HP Touch Smart PC::


With a new cell phone dropping every month, I'm noticing that the last few new ones have been touch screen (Apple iPhone, Samsung Behold, Sprint Instinct, Blackberry Storm). And of course HP was the first to release the touch screen PC.

Now, why haven't we done this a minute ago you ask? Well, the thing about touch screen is that it's very particular. It's sensitive to touch and the way it's designed...a crack in the foundation can't really be fixed. Also, the haptic feedback on a touch screen has to be meticulously designed to respond to a certain touch. (Can't be too sensitive or hard to respond)

Believe it or not, touch screen has been around since the seventies but the technology has advanced up to now and ways to make it better are still being developed.

With that being said, I believe that most mobile devices, laptops and desktops will be touch screens. With concepts being developed by companies like Nokia and Microsoft and actual product to be released in the next couple of years, it's only a matter of time that touch screen technology will go from being a privilege to a daily necessity.

And will look back laugh at how ridiculously unadvanced the Apple iPhone was in comparison to our shiny new advanced phone.

Do you believe that technology will advanced to predominantly touch screen products? In a couple years or so?

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