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by konschubert 993 days ago
It's not a touch screen, it's fully passive.

A touch screen might be cool, maybe for a future version... but it would drive up the price.

From a product perspective, I wonder if people wouldn't rather pick up their smart phone if they want to look at their calendar more deeply. I don't think the device should try to compete with the smart phone, it can only lose.

1 comments

Thanks!

Everybody will have their opinion, 100% :)

FWIW: In family scenario, being able to quickly check next week (a simple scroll), can be very beneficial as we plan our kids activities etc (but I understand you don't want to overcomplicate it, and everybody has "just one more thing it needs":). I'll have a chat with my wife on whether it's something she would use as currently is; I'll be happy to share feedback either way if it's helpful :).

Yea, you are definitely not the first one who suggested adding one or two "action buttons", even if there isn't a touch screen. So I am definitely taking that idea seriously.