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	daperl	2009-01-12 , 16:01
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Originally Posted by ragnar

Then again, to me it's... odd that to say that you can know that you won't like the changes before even seeing them. There can be great touch UI's and poor touch UI's, just as there are great and poor non-touch UI's.

The n800 has 12 buttons and a touch screen. Let's, for arguments sake, say that I've used my n800 as an "internet device" for 8 hours a day for a year and I still think it's excellent (not perfect) and there's currently nothing else out there that I would replace it with. Also during that time period let's say that my friends and I took the opportunity to share and sample each other's mobile technology and also other mobile technology offerings. So, for me, I think it's odd that you think something's odd. I've poked and I've prodded and I've rejected. I don't see why you're so perplexed.

If somebody feels that no touch UI can be great, then I guess we can agree to disagree and leave it at that. If somebody feels that you can do both at the same time on the same device, get the best of both worlds, based on my experience I say that it isn't so... But that's a great topic for discussion, it's not a given or an absolute fact.

As others have alluded to before, usage can have 3 equally important modes, even if these modes change rapidly:

external buttons only
stylus only
external buttons and stylus in concert

So, agreeing to disagree is all good, just to the point where you remove my 12 buttons. Then, not so good.

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