Physical Button Offers New World Of Possibilities For Android Users

> How many times has someone told you: “Hurry, take a picture with your phone”? However, it isn’t that quick, is it? You need to whip out your phone; insert your password; swipe through your app menu to find the camera app; point and click. By that time, more often than not, the “Kodak Moment” has passed.

No you don't: you swipe right on the lock screen, and push the blue shoot button.

The entire point of Android and its associated hardware, and similar environments, is to eliminate as much hardware as possible -- virtualize everything. Products such as that linked here are meant to exploit public confusion about the relationship between hardware and software.

"Wow, finally -- a product that does away with keyboard, mouse, styli, and a dozen other technological crutches. It's about time! ... Wait, what? A gadget that hangs off your Android device and does exactly what a virtual button does? Can I ask a question? Why?"