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November 16th, 2009

A Funny Thing About Touchscreens

I got a BlackBerry for work purposes this morning. When I picked it up, I noticed it was locked – there was a big lock icon with a rounded rectangle around it right there on the screen. So I pressed it. It was just instinct.

Except… this isn’t a touchscreen BlackBerry.

Did I feel dumb? Yes. I felt like one of those people who will click anything and everything on a web page just to see what happens. The iPhone has programmed me, even though I don’t have one!

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