Returning to a familiar theme but with a new twist, I caught myself doing something rather silly and rather telling. Reprising the pros and cons of touchscreen phones in the face of almost universal acceptance, seemingly, it does rather seem as though a tipping point has been reached. Read on for my Dec 2009 thoughts on 'Touch vs non-Touch'...

"The silly/telling moment came when I caught myself, for the umpteenth time, trying to tap the screen of a non-touch phone. Go on, you try it - use a device like the Nokia 5800 or iPhone for a few days and then go back to something like the Nokia N86 or E71. It's not a criticism of the latter's functionality, but I BET, I absolutely WAGER that at some point you'll see something on the screen and find yourself tapping it and wondering, just for a second, why nothing's happening!"

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