The multitouch revolution continues as the cell phone has become the killer application that brings multitouch to the mainstream. The iPhone was the first followed by many imitators that have not faired so well. Now Blackberry has stepped up with the Blackberry Thunder. This will probably become the first feel head to head competitor to the iPhone given the amount of corporate users of Blackberrys.
Mutlitouch's place in the everyday lives of people is still unknown. It is not the silver bullet that many tout it to be. On home pc's it may not replace the mouse like I one thought it would. As I type this is sit about 2 feet from my mac. If my monitor were multitouch I would be sitting much closer to my monitor or have to stretch over to move the cursor. Future state may be that the mouse does not go away, but multitouch is just an added feature.
The areas that come to mind where I see it being used sooner rather than later is design and when people have to browse something. It is nice just to flip through pictures as if it were pages in a book. In the area of design there are efficiency gains when you are able to move design features. Would it be easier to shape playdoh with your hands of with a mouse on a computer?
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