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Apple Losing Touchscreen War

Posted by samzenpus on from the what-about-the-battle dept.

An anonymous reader writes "While Apple's iPhone may be the first device most people call to mind when they think of a touch interface mobile, the 3G device is still lagging behind in the touchscreen shifting stakes — it's getting a sound thrashing from Moto and Samsung, who've cornered the Asian market where touchscreens are popular for their ability to let users input Asian languages without all that fiddly Qwerty nonsense."

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  1. This is scary... by TheNetAvenger · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    While Apple's iPhone may be the first device most people call to mind

    This alone is scary, and the fact that it may be true is even more scary.

    I have a digital voice recorder from 1997 that has a rather advanced touch screen, let alone all the PDAs and PocketPC Phones that existed YEARS before the iPhone.

    Sometimes you just have to go, "Ok, the public in general is uninformed and borderline scary stupid."

    (And before the fanbois go 'multi-touch', they should go look up multi-touch technology, as Apple didn't even invent the multi-touch interface on the iPhone, as it is a DIRECT clone of the TED presentation technology from several years ago, that was building on independant and MS multi-sensory/touch technology.)

  2. Re:It was HP, not Apple by Ash+Vince · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    What I'm interested in, is which device does it best, and I think it's pretty damn obvious which the winner is.

    Good point, the Kaiser rocks.

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    I dont read /. to RTFA, I read /. to offend people in ignorance.
  3. Re:It was HP, not Apple by E+IS+mC(Square) · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    the winner which won the hype and sheeple blessing? Gimme a fucking break here. There are way better touchscreen devices in the market if you were point to the losers standing in queues for nights.