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Article: Computer mouse may go extinct Computer mouse may go extinct.(Business)
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- The Virginian-Pilot (Norfolk, VA)
- Article date:
- November 24, 2008
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By Emi Endo
Newsday
The computer mouse may someday become an endangered species.
Instead of rolling a mouse around to move a cursor around on the screen, more and more users will gesture with their fingers on touch screens and multi-touch track pads, analysts say.
Or they will tilt or shake the phones or other hand-held devices themselves to manipulate them, said Steve Prentice, vice president and fellow at Gartner, a market-research firm based in Stamford, Conn.
Apple's iPhone, Nokia and other smart phones are already undergoing such a transformation with touch screens, he said in an e-mail, and the switch "will accelerate ...