But one unusual addition to gadget heaven appears to be the one that has driven the gadget industry since the very beginning. Yes, the button is dead.
It all started with the Ipod. The unique touch design that drove their control unit seems to have had an irreversible affect on how we use gadgets, and now everything from our phones to our computers are operated by a touch on a screen rather than the push of a button.
So has our ever faithful friend the button become a victim of fashion or is there something more behind its demise?
There’s no question that the touch screen wins in the cool stakes. Gliding your hand over a screen is reminiscent of sci-fi films and futuristic imagery that showed us what technology could be like. The sight of office yoga across the country as people conduct their gadgets through touch could well replace the tapping of keyboards, but will touch screen technology ever replace the way we use buttons?
The touch screen certainly has its place. From a practical point of view it can make moving through pages quicker and more like the offline experience. This can be particularly useful for electronic book readers and on computers where you need to flick through a number of different pages. When combined with motion sensing equipment, touch screens have changed the way we interact with technology, turning our electronic experience into a more lifelike, offline world.
If the future of gadgets is to make controlling them a more natural experience, using motion and touch over buttons, then it could well spell the end of the button as we know it.
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