Touch screen phones have a few drawbacks. One of the major drawbacks is that you can't feel the buttons on a virtual screen when you are typing. The other is that even when you are looking at the buttons you are pressing, you get no feedback from an onscreen keyboard like you do a real keyboard. Several Nokia phones use Immersion ... continued »

Samsung has announced their new touch device, called the F480, otherwise known as Tocco. Before you start to Google the word, it means 'Touch' in Italian. Samsung is making a huge deal over this thing, spending more than $5.5 million to promote this device. They chose a good one to spend the cash on, as the device seems to be ... continued »

The urge to capitalise on the almost surprising popularity of the U900 Soul has driven Samsung to produce this, the G400 Soul, a touchscreen-blessed clamshell set for release at CeBIT 2008 this week. Where the U900 slider has a small touchscreen underneath its main display, the G400 has a large, 2.22-inch touchscreen with haptic feedback on the outside, allowing ... continued »

Despite the much-hyped usability of the iPhone, something people often covet from rival touchscreen handsets is the haptic feedback; that is, when the phone vibrates slightly to give a tactile indication that a button has been pressed.  Whether for reasons of battery, a shortage of pre-launch time or merely that they didn't think it necessary, Apple left such a feature ... continued »