TouchSmarter: Touch Screen Gadgets

There is little doubt that Steve Jobs has wet the public’s appetite for touch interfaces. Barry Collins over at PC Pro has some thoughts on the likelihood of a touch enabled Mac or tablet device from Apple.

Statements are made indicating that OS X is inherently better suited to fingertip operation than Windows is. I do not think that is true at all. Both OS’s are currently mouse-centric and it will take a refresh of the OS UI to really bring out the multi touch goodness. However, the point is valid that the upgrade to OS X, Tiger, may include substantial support for a touch UI.

I hope his January prediction proves correct, as it will be a great day for computer enthusiasts everywhere.

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