Handful of Nothing

This kind of thing happens with big companies. While the past post said something about not being enthusiastic about touch screen, Nokia’s VP of Technology said the opposite.

That’s quite good news to hear. But I want to put my word here also (not that I’m worth to speak after Nokia’s VP but…)

Touch screens are nice. Very nice indeed. But remember this : People are lazy. Sorry if sounds too strong or even if it hits you in the head, but people are lazy. Looking at the nice videos from previous post you’re going to realize something when touch screens goes into big screens : It’s just too much physical effort to use it. And while immersion has already some work on tactile feedback is going to take a little bit longer to see physical keyboard disappearing. They are just too convenient, and give you a very nice cost x benefit.

So I believe a lot in touchscreen, specially when materials that do not get dirt appears, and when tactile feedback reaches the fiction standards. But for now, it can be nice to have it but it will not kill the old and god fellows keyboard and mouse in the big devices.