# Downloadable Touchscreens The Touchdevice Instantly Updates Any Phone With a Touchscreen By Michael Hines | Published 2010-09-20 | Unique Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-touchdevice References: [gizmag](http://www.gizmag.com/touchdevice-touchscreen-update-for-old-mobile-phones/16369/) & [inputdynamics](http://www.inputdynamics.com/Home.html) Folks with older mobile phones, rejoice: a company by the name of Input Dynamics is aiming to bring your phone technologically forward with the TouchDevice. TouchDevice is a software that turns any regular phone into a touchscreen phone. The TouchDevice uses the sound generated by [tapping onto your cell phone](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/voxelite) to send signals to the phone. There are no expensive add-ons to buy; the software can be downloaded onto existing phones or built into new ones. I am excited about the TouchDevice. I don't have a touchscreen phone, but I may have one soon thanks to Input Dynamics. ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 1.2/10 - Popularity: 12% | Activity: 17% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 70% men, 30% women - Primary generations: Millennial, Gen X - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Unique](https://www.trendhunter.com/unique) > [Inventions](https://www.trendhunter.com/inventions) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Downloadable Touchscreens:** Opportunity to disrupt the traditional smartphone market by providing downloadable touchscreens to users with older devices. - **Sound-based User Interfaces:** Opportunity to innovate the way users interact with technology by exploring sound-based user interfaces for mobile devices. - **Software-based Technology Upgrades:** Opportunity to disrupt the consumer electronics industry by offering software-based technology upgrades for devices instead of hardware upgrades. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Mobile Devices:** Opportunity for mobile device manufacturers to enhance the functionality of older devices and extend the life cycle of existing products. - **Software Development:** Opportunity for software developers to create innovative new sound-based user interfaces that enable more intuitive and seamless interactions with technology. - **Consumer Electronics:** Opportunity for consumer electronics companies to offer low-cost software upgrades to existing customers, thereby creating new revenue streams and strengthening brand loyalty. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Tactile Accessible Mobile Technologies](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/accessible-mobile-technology.md) - [Unified Control Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/the-id360-touchstone.md) - [Digital Touch Platforms](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/kisstouch.md) - [Inclusive Smartphone Control Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/assistive-key-device.md) - [Tactile Keyboard Phones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/communicator.md) - [Swappable Keypad Cellphones](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/sidephone-sp01.md) - [Tactical Smartphone Accessories](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/pui-series.md) - [Rotary Dial Keyboards](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/gboard-dial.md) - [Accessible Keyboard-Like Devices](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/multidimensional-communication.md)