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Article: Why touch screens push our buttons
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 9, 2009
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Thought flicking through data with your fingertips was the last
word in hi-tech? Just wait until you see what's coming next in the
digit revolution, says Simon Usborne
Archaeologists in some post-apocalyptic future sifting through
the remains of the 21st century may spot a puzzling disappearance of
the pieces of plastic that had hitherto defined the Computer Age.
"Where," they might inquire, "did all the buttons go?" A period of
head-scratching might lead them to identify the explosion of the
touch screen.
Touch has transformed our mobiles in the past two years, but
recent months have seen the spread of button-free screens into just
about every corner of gadget land. Last month, Sony ...