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The touchscreen mobile phone is fast becoming the norm inside the mobile phone industry. Individuals are increasingly worried about "ease of use" which is nearly impossible to find much more "user friendly" than a mobile device that can take its commands by the touch of your index finger.
The Apple iPhone gets a lot of the credit these days for introducing the idea to millions of eager cell phone buyers, however the touch screen phone could be traced back many years before the iPhone being conceived.
Indeed, the touch screen utilized in today's modern handsets originates along way since the development and practical utilisation of the technology by Wacom, a Japanese company.
Originally, touch graphics "tablets" were utilised to aid writing Japanese ideograms like a method for inputting text. The concept was for that tablet to determine pressure and direction from the stylus, "recording" this information in the form of text written to the tablet screen. Wacom graphics tablets are notable for his or her use having a patented cordless, battery-free, and pressure-sensitive stylus (an on-screen writing pen).
The early 1990's began the time of the touch screen PDA, or personal digital assistant. As usual, Apple was the best choice from the outset. The Apple Newton has been around since 1992 and continued production for a full six years. Its limited electric batteries and inability to squeeze into a shirt pocket kept the Newton from being as common as Apple had hoped with consumers.
The touchscreen device which was a success with the PDA buying public was the Palm Pilot, beginning its production in 1996. Data was inputted with the help of a little plastic stylus that detached from the side of PDA itself.
Although no mobile phone capabilities were incorporated with the Palm Pilot, it was the iPhone-like device of the day. Millions of consumers toted Palm Pilots within their pockets and purses, monitoring daily schedules and events.
True and sensitive touch screen technology hit its stride with the rollout of the Apple iphone in January, 2007. Consumers finally had a taste of a cell phone which was truly sensitive to the slightest touch of 1 finger. The Iphone became an instant sensation and being named Time magazine's Invention of the Year for 2007.
The iPhone raised the bar for screen mobile phones, but other companies happen to be quick to reply and therefore are beginning to introduce excellent touchscreen handsets of their own.
Finnish handset maker Nokia has developed its first touchscreen phone - the Nokia 5800 XPress Music mobile phone handset [1]. This excellent handset not just features an onboard camcorder but also unlimited downloads of music tracks contained in its monthly subscription. Due out at the begining of 2009, the Nokia 5800 has been hyped as the next iPhone killer. RIM, the producer from the Blackberry, is scheduled to roll out its Blackberry Storm in late 2008 with hopes to compete against Apple and Nokia for that huge touchscreen market.
The age of the screen mobile phone is alive and well in the 21st century. It will not be well before consumers wonder how in the world they ever got along with out them.
