Robert Michel writes: >> >> You can still use phones made in 60's, are you sure touchscreen will >> survive 40 years too? ;-) > >First I was comparing mobil phones, second, because the touchscreen >has no mechanical parts, I think it is possible to produce this >touchscreen in a way, that >> 80% are usable in 40 years.
Resistive touchscreens do have the eqivalent of a mechanical part: the material between the front and back surfaces. When you press, you push it out of the way to make contact. This wears down over time; I actually kept my first Palm Pilot long enough to wear the screen out (and was able to find a replacement screen on ebay, so it kept on going for several more years!) _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
