A Turning Point for Touch Screens, Says the NYT

The New York Times has a story up on the suddenly brisk market for touch screens and the devices which can make use of them, which it says "has grown quietly for years, both in commercial applications and in consumer devices." Besides the obvious (the iPhone, and Apple's use of multi-touch generally), the article also mentions the recent inclusion of Israeli company N-Trig's version of multi-touch technology in a Dell notebook computer, and some of the other places you can expect to see touchscreens instead of display-only ones in the near future — if the price drops quickly enough.

Comments

How will this effect porn?

[unlametheweak]

Touch screens should re-vitalize computer based porn. Think of the possibilities.

pr0n

[binaryseraph]

And now pornography has a whole new platform to work with. awesome.

Re:I'm surprised that consumers want them...

[Anonymous Coward]

Yes, the physical typing experience on iPhone is pretty poor, but I find that the auto correction software pretty much makes up for it.

So giw di tiy tyrb ib tgis autocorrectuib feayiutr?

Re:bad idea

[TheVelvetFlamebait]

I think they need to figure out that NOBODY LIKES TOUCHSCREENS!

Yeah? I think you need to figure out that NOT EVERYONE IS YOU!

Re:If sci fi movies are anything to go by..

[ColdWetDog]

Feedback is really important, but maybe it can be faked.

Of course feedback can be faked ... ask any woman.

what about the grease factor?

[jollyreaper]

Human fingers are greasy. Show me a touchscreen that can repel all human grease and then I'll be interested.