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A Turning Point for Touch Screens, Says the NYT

Posted by timothy on from the they-sure-make-gps-devices-handier dept.

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.

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  1. How will this effect porn? by unlametheweak · · Score: 4, Funny

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

  2. pr0n by binaryseraph · · Score: 3, Funny

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

  3. Re:If sci fi movies are anything to go by.. by ColdWetDog · · Score: 4, Funny

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

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

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    Faster! Faster! Faster would be better!