Maybe if they can produce a truly realistic mechanical feedback system. The 'haptic touchscreens' I've seen have generally been 'we buzz this little offset-cou

Maybe if they can produce a truly realistic mechanical feedback system. The 'haptic touchscreens' I've seen have generally been 'we buzz this little offset-counterweight pager motor when you hit something' Doing it right would probably require some sort of truly flexible (and incredibly resillient) display, with some sort of adaptive force-feedback (matrix of tiny pistons with pressure control, or something) The patently apple article linked gives a bit more detail about the image presented, but it still looks very low resolution (although there looks to be some novelty in suppressing feedback from surrounding haptic elements)