I think it is safe to say that:
a) the first communicators will not be touchscreen
b) touchscreen is likely across a range of device.
It'll be very interesting to see how touchscreen stuff gets implemented into S60. Nokia has been working on it for some time now.
Ok. I think I have it now: S60 touchscreen soon, communicators soon - BUT the communicators won't be touch screen. Which only leaves one question... 😊
I hope you're right about a range of touchscreen devices. Google Maps - that's another one that would benefit a lot.
The first communicators wont be touchscreen, but who knows what may come in the future (no knowledge here, just a guest).
I think the communicators will come before the touchscreens (the first one anyway). Though I could be proved wrong in about 3 weeks.
I see where he's coming from. While I agree on some points, many of his points are contradictory and unfounded.
For example, the idea behind cheap airlines and "expensive" airlines is not completely true. People more and more are expressing that cheaper airlines such as AirTran and JetBlue (here in the U.S.) are far superior to anything the big airlines are providing for 4 times the cost. While coach on JetBlue isn't 1st class, it beats any coach seat on American, Delta, or many of the other axis powers of the Airline industry. So what's his point?
Another example is this list of revolutions at the bottom of his article. He points out the Nintendo Wii. By his definition of revolutionary, he says that everything the iPhone has has already been done. Well, hate to tell him, so is the same with the Wii. I had a motion-sensing controller for my computer in 1995; it wasn't very good but it worked mostly. Nintendo has the Power Glove on the original Nintendo. Sega had a ring-like device you'd stand in and punch and kick and it would control the video game. I love my Wii; it is way cool but the only thing I can say about it is that it has moreso perfected the gaming experience more and making it more intuitive. I would say, just from observation, that is what Apple is really going for with the iPhone; intuitive and perfecting. Taking what's been done and making what it should have been for some time.
The title of the article is a bit melodramatic and his conclusions of what the last smartphone will be is highly erroneous. There will always be a need for upgrading and people will always know the different.
ONce again, I agree in a very limited way with what he is saying. I think it is a very over-zealous article. Smartphones have a long way to go to do thing how I dream them doing but I don't think he's got the right idea.