Gimme old-school dials and switches... PLEASE!

"We were pushing for the elimination of hard keys because it makes it clean and modern. It's a completely different thing to operate. As designers we love simplicity." And thus, Gorden Wagener, chief of design at Daimler, proved his disconnect from the real world. He was, of course, speaking about the much-lauded, next-generation Mercedes-Benz Hyperscreen launched at last week’s Consumer Electronics Show.