Let's forget the rants against airlines for a while: The big difference in touch screen technology is about resistive (old-fashioned, "soft" screens) vs capacit

Let's forget the rants against airlines for a while: The big difference in touch screen technology is about resistive (old-fashioned, "soft" screens) vs capacitive screens (cf. iphone etc.). The last time most airlines installed their systems was when resistive technology was still state of the art, so I assume that most of what you get in the recent airliners still reflects that date. Have we forgotten that decent touchscreens are still pretty new? Ferchrissakes, the first iphone came out in 2007…