"Jon" <spam@jonparker.plus.com> wrote in message
news:MPG.202073b144fa4dd298a6c9@text.usenet.plus.n et...
> dsb@REMOVETHECAPITALSbtinternet.com declared for all the world to
> hear...
>> > I rather like mine.
>
>> really?
>
> Yes. I rather like the ability to select multiple items by dragging my
> finger across the screen.
>
>> i think there's a reason why tv remotes, keyboards, you name it, have
>> real
>> buttons instead of a touch sensitive area.
>
> Of course there is, it's much cheaper and real buttons are far more
> durable.
>


and a touch sensitive keyboard would go through most windows in half an
hour.......

i once bought a phillips pronto programmable remote on other people's
reccomendations - it was fancy for sure, but it was also impossible to use
without looking at it.

--
Gareth.
A french man who wanted a castle threw his cat into a pond.
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