In September three scientists at Princeton University got hold of the most popular touch-screen model and took it and its software to bits.

9月份普林斯顿大学的三位科学家使用最受欢迎的触摸屏机器模型对机器及其软件进行了模拟检测。

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It USES the Symbian operating system for its smart phones, which is older than Apple's software and wasn't designed from the ground up for touch screen phones.

其智能手机中采用的Symbian系统比苹果的软件久远，而且这个系统最初并不是为触摸屏手机设计的。

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But the rush to embrace Android means that a touch screen phone running the software can easily look like just one of many similar phones.

但是，急于使用机器人也会使人感觉到，运转这种软件的触摸屏的手机很容易感觉像是在使用任何一台相似的触摸屏手机。

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From tiny Palm, the struggling smartphone pioneer, to Research In Motion (RIM), the BlackBerry manufacturer, and the dozen or so handset makers who build smartphones based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile, as well as the 800-pound gorilla of the business, Nokia all have been forced to react to the iPhone's touch screen, intuitive software and iconic appeal, not to mention its rapid penetration of the market.

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Last month Chrome became a touch-screen-enabled software like Android, and Mr. Pichai said at the time that manufacturers could use Chrome to power tablets.

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The Wall Street Journal previously reported that Microsoft also is planning price breaks for its Windows and Office software as part of a strategy to spur lower-cost touch-screen devices enabled by its Windows software.

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