Yep, that seems to be the battlecry of the Mobile handset vendors at the moment. Each is realising it in slightly different ways – be it capacitive, or some kind of force feedback – but none of the majors is without at least one touchscreen device in it’s range!
Take Nokia for example – I was emailed this week to ask if I wanted to review their Tube/5800 device, which is the first true touchscreen (mass-market) device of theirs. It does look like a big stride forward, and from what indicative reviews I’ve seen on the web, it is getting a thumbs-up.
On a different note altogether, I read something on Reuters about Stevie Wonder saying that touchscreen disadvantages those sight-impaired people – which is a fair enough comment – his point being that a generation of tech advances won’t be available to the blind.
Also at CES, there are plenty of devices hitting the (web) news that in one way or another use touch(screen) technology – the plethora of new products coming out this year has been impressive, to say the least.
So overall then, Touchscreen tech is hitting the news, and there is a lot of new gadget goodness which is relying on it. My question is where that tech might evolve to, and then, who is going to be leading the charge with it? So far I’d argue Apple have led, but are we going to see a new contender take over the mantle and do something truly phenomenal with a touchscreen – I wouldn’t bet against that happening……