Click for a larger image. Intel didn’t have many new products to show at CES this year, but the company’s booth was still looking good. The company showed all of the latest netbooks with Intel chips on a grand wall-o-netbooks, had a touch screen Minority Report-style information board showcasing their latest products (sans multi-touch), showed more »

With the dawn of the latest generation of smartphones, especially ones geared towards everyday people who might not need them, one thing is clear: touch screens are becoming almost a new industry standard. Look at the iPhone, BlackBerry Storm, G1, LG Dare, and HTC Fuze among others. Sure, some have keyboards as well, but aside from inputting text, users seem to love everything about touchscreens.