Comments on: Touchscreens: who’s got it right and wrong…?

By: nick

nick — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:00:22 +0000

I’m always surprised that no mentions the existence of Palm and Palm OS, basically the creators of the PDA. Yes Apple had its Newton (but I don’t remember who was first) but they dropped the Newton since it wasn’t competing with the Palms. So maybe Palm is ‘old’ these days, but they’ve been in the smartphone business long before the iPhone and always with a touch screen that didn’t require a stylus.

By: Harry

Harry — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 02:38:45 +0000

Nokia 5800 ftw. So much more features and the features are better than other touchscreen phones

By: 4DThinker

4DThinker — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 19:21:34 +0000

Since the iPhone/Touch came out from Apple I’ve been looking hard for something better and truly expected to see something by now. There are products with better features (Samsung P2 with great Bluetooth capabilities, Samsung Instinct with a longer feature list than the iPhone, etc.) but none so far that makes the touchscreen experience so fluid. What everyone fails to realize is that Apple didn’t come up with the hardware and software of the iPhone overnight. I suspect they’ve been playing with the concept since the Newton. Everyone else seems to be just starting out. Not really innovating. No deep research behind their efforts.

I expect 2009 to bring out a few peers (to the iPhone). 2010 may show us some stunning advancement. Hopefully all the beginners will take note of their failures this year and learn from them.

By: Tom

Tom — Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:21:00 +0000

My next touchphone be the Nokia 5800 Xpressmusic “Tube”
for shoore , yes the touch are nice in iphone but sad it lack all other things you need , like MMS , Copy/Paste Better Camera , shoot Video ,use like webcam etc.

But yes there be real good stuff upcoming soon !
The Tube is just the beginning of a new level.