Even though #2 isn't the topic of the original article, I also find it interesting. And looking over the comments it seems that most people prefer touch to hardware buttons.
I use my android mostly for calling, texting, music and instapaper (actually instafetch). I hate how I can't easily feel my phone and push a button for things like mute, or pause, or end call, or next song. Sometimes I actually have to unlock the phone with the top button, then swipe to really unlock, navigate to the right app/activity if it's not forefront, then look at the phone to see where the appropriate touch button is located.
Am I one of the few that wants more hardware buttons? And not the capacitive (fixed touch buttons) but the real buttons that maggit mentions elsewhere in these comments; buttons you can feel with your fingers.
I use my android mostly for calling, texting, music and instapaper (actually instafetch). I hate how I can't easily feel my phone and push a button for things like mute, or pause, or end call, or next song. Sometimes I actually have to unlock the phone with the top button, then swipe to really unlock, navigate to the right app/activity if it's not forefront, then look at the phone to see where the appropriate touch button is located.
Am I one of the few that wants more hardware buttons? And not the capacitive (fixed touch buttons) but the real buttons that maggit mentions elsewhere in these comments; buttons you can feel with your fingers.