Nexus S, Honeycomb, and the touch sensitive buttons.

[Jalarm]

Do you think google will actually just cancel out touch sensitive buttons all together or give you a choice when it comes to phones. I think having a home button on the screen and also a back and menu button would just take up app room, and not fit the screen very well. Other thoughts?

 

[bclapper]

It will be up to the manufacturer whether a phone has hard inputs. The android approach has always been to give manufacturers and consumers choices.

 

[Jalarm]

No, what I am saying this with the NS it will feel "weird" having those buttons there but they would be unusable and just not needed.

 

[bclapper]

What I'm saying is they'll be usable but not necessary.

 

[Jalarm]

Oh I see. Sorry for confusion.

 

[Penguissimo]

Kind of like the trackball/trackpad on a lot of current phones, I would imagine.

 

[Droid800]

Do you think google will actually just cancel out touch sensitive buttons all together or give you a choice when it comes to phones. I think having a home button on the screen and also a back and menu button would just take up app room, and not fit the screen very well. Other thoughts?

Nobody knows because we haven't seen the phone version yet.

 

[Jalarm]

That's why I said "do you think"

 

[leemarkin]

I think when honey comb comes to ns, the menu button would perform as the multitask button on xoom.

 

[sherifone]

Honestly I think Android phones could do with less haptic buttons. It totally gets in the way of gaming and ergonomics. 1 or 2 physical buttons to take you home/back would be sweet.