I remember being one of the many who thought touchscreens wouldn’t catch on because people loved physical keyboards too much. Of course, touchscreens weren’t quite what they are today. Haptic feedback and multi-touch were game changers.
The bizarre part is how popular the keypad phones like the BlackBerry or Nokia 9000 series were, or the multitude of Windows Mobile, Psion and other devices. As soon as iPhone came out, suddenly nobody wanted keypads anymore. People are just chasing after the latest shining trends.
I was so stubborn haha. Blackberry had a phone where the touchscreen still clicked like a button when you pressed it and I thought that was the compromise everyone wanted. I was way off.
I remember being one of the many who thought touchscreens wouldn’t catch on because people loved physical keyboards too much. Of course, touchscreens weren’t quite what they are today. Haptic feedback and multi-touch were game changers.
The bizarre part is how popular the keypad phones like the BlackBerry or Nokia 9000 series were, or the multitude of Windows Mobile, Psion and other devices. As soon as iPhone came out, suddenly nobody wanted keypads anymore. People are just chasing after the latest shining trends.
I was so stubborn haha. Blackberry had a phone where the touchscreen still clicked like a button when you pressed it and I thought that was the compromise everyone wanted. I was way off.