Discovering the Pros and Cons of Touch. Is this the Future? is an excellent new article at AAS. I personally feel that touch will stay a while, but until something radical happens it is not guaranteed to be around forever.
“The first thing that I appreciated from these new phones was the increased screen size. Even the 2.9″ 5530 screen was a treat to me after the QVGA 2.0”-2.4” Eseries screens. This naturally lends itself to web browsing in landscape mode, which accounts for the bulk of reading these devices will no-doubt be used for.
The next part of my touch experience was the horror of fingerprints. Perhaps I have a mild form of OCD, but seeing any phone screen daubed in finger prints always gives me a knot in my stomach. You may say this is a subjective matter, but there is an objective problem here. I found in my experience, and I don’t think I’m alone, that those oily deposits can often cause a distortion on the screen, and require you to wipe the screen with your hand. My experience of this was much worse on the 5530 than on the N97. The 5530′s screen came uncovered, and was relatively glossy. Hence, fingerprints stood out like the proverbial sore thumb! However, the N97 came with the original screen protector still attached; and knowing that I’d soon be soon returning it, I decided leave the screen protector on. The protector was matte and textured, which effectively mitigated the effect of fingerprints. It still needed wiping from time to time, but it was well within my tolerance; the only problem was that it degraded the quality of the screen. Even so, perhaps matte screens are the answer for keeping fingerprints at bay?”
OCD?
I think my Hero has that: Oleophobic Crystal Display
I am quite impressed with how easy it is to keep clean.
But this guy only used Symbian devices, and too be honest they’re not the best when it comes to touch (in my own humble opinion.) If you’re going to compare touch and non-touch devices, get a nice cross range of both.