This article starts off real nice, but the solutions presented are far from what I would consider "re-thinkinking" the dial pad. Touch screens do not have physi

This article starts off real nice, but the solutions presented are far from what I would consider "re-thinkinking" the dial pad. Touch screens do not have physical mechanisms, but rather are flat. So they need to rely more on gestures. Re-thinking would require a new paradigm, just as how Swype make typing on smartphones more efficient.