The Touch Screen Craze
Whether its computers, mobile phones, or navigation systems, touch screens are the hot items in almost every technological market. Released in 2007, the iPhone made touch screen a major present in the mobile phone market. The iPhone has only one simple button and the rest is at your fingertips…literally. Not to be out done, other companies such as Verizon, Motorola and even Google have also come out with their own touch screen mobile phones.
The latest lap top computer products confirm the touch screen trend. Lenovo’s Tablet series offers the touch screen feature along with the ability to use an instrument for onscreen writing. Another key feature of this product that has become increasingly popular is the flat feature. The laptop screen swivels and can be placed flat over the keyboard. Apple’s latest and highly-anticipated iPad offers similar features with touch screen and its flat screen model. The iPad is a sort of hybrid of the iPhone and other Apple computer devices.
Even though they occupy less media attention than touch screen computers and mobile phones, it’s the navigation systems that have been utilizing the touch screen concept most consistently. The Garmin nuvi series as well as the Go Live products from TomTom all function primarily through the use of touch screen.
Televisions appear to be the next frontier when it comes to touch screen. Several companies have introduced products with this feature. Samsung now offers a a line of LCD touch screen TVs. Sony is also now marketing a touch screen monitor that can serve as a PC, DVR and offers HDTV.