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Apropos the ideal communicator device, I ran across a striking testimonial by a manager today, who reaches for the opposite conclusion from he:

I can't believe how radically the touchscreen phone has changed my computing habits and preferences. When I sit down at my laptop or desktop to do something quickly, I don't want use the keyboard or mouse. I want to point, swipe, and tweak with my fingers. When I'm on the phone, my brain has my speaking and text-processing faculties tied up. To easily multitask while talking, I need to be able to use a different part of my brain: that part involved in motor control.

The thought of a manager who uses his motor control to do his job seems like something out of Dilbert, but the above is reality. Plus, I was already concerned that consumers of touch devices will come out of woodwork and take the market, so my ideal device would not be offered. The example above only scares me more.

I like using the touchscreen so much that I will often use my G1 for tasks that are better suited for my laptop, merely because of the joy I get from using the interface.

Touch, tap, drag, push, swipe. I love it. Can't get enough of it.

This love of super-touch is fortunately not universal. I know people who hate multi-touch with passion. It takes much too precise control. So, there's still hope for keyboard-based devices, but...

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