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The year 2009 saw all the latest gadgets coming up with their touch screen model. This year the mantra was “Go touch”. Ever since Apple introduced their first ever iphone with touch screen capabilities, the gadget industry seems to be awed and all over with this technology. You can now find touch capability in almost all the gadgets.

All the phone companies tried to reproduce the success of the iphone with their own set of touch screen mobiles. In year 2009 literally all the mobiles companies have a touch screen mobile of their own. The bigger companies who had launched their first version of touch screen phones last year have tried to improve their technology and come up with a better one. Touch screen phones have now become a synonymous to smartphones now a days. This touch technology has revolutionized the way mobile computing and devices worked.

Not only have the mobile companies come up with a touch screen devices but other computing devices companies have also joined the touch screen bandwagon. The desktop and laptop companies too have started building up touch capable products for e.g. touch screen monitors, all in one touch desktops, touch mouce(might mouse from apple). I will not add tablets to this because the tablet pc have not completely become touch capable or should i say multi-touch capable. The market is now warming up with its speculation on apple itablet or islate as the rumours say. Archos have already announced its 9″ multi-touch capable tablet laptop next year, not to forget the Crunchpad which is now known as JooJoo. If we consider the multi touch capabilites than this year also belongs to the improvement in apples laptops line up for multi touch trackpads.

GPS, photo frames, multi functional remote controls all have a bit of touch screen capability now a days. Why to leave aside e-book readers, first of all sony e-readers came up with touch screen version now Barnes & noble are enjoying the market share of its success with dual screen – touch enabled nook.

Not only has the touch technology stirred up the gadget industry but also the software industry. The war of iphone O.S. and the android O.S ( remember the great ads of iphone vs droid ads).  Similary there is another software gaints which have also geared up with their latest Operating sytems which are enable to handle multi-touch or gestures. Windows 7 and Snow leopard form Mac both have improved multi-touch handling capabilities.

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