@RixTrack posted:No. Why would they when a smartphone has the touchscreen and can have as many buttons and screens as one could conceive. Development of a comprehensive application makes much more sense.
If you're being facetious feel free to ignore the following. If not please read and consider this:
Thanks for dismissing the OP's comments as trivial and unworthy of serious consideration.
Using a smartphone for control of trains is not simple, it's definitely not a no-brainer, and it makes poor sense to too many people.
In case you haven't been following things on the forum very closely, a spirited discussion fires up at least once a week over the suitability of a phone in control situations.
Simply put many people maintain that a smartphone is a poor device for controlling things that move because of the need to take your eyes off a moving train in order to get your finger in the correct position to activate one of those many buttons, and the imprecision of the touch of a finger on glass.
It appears that you've conveniently left out the fact that this discussion exists, and you're also summarily attempting to close out the discussion because it does.
Know that the issue is far from closed, except maybe by two large manufacturers/marketers that have no problem ticking off their long-time customers.
Thanks for attempting to shut down the debate before it's finished but that's not going to happen, especially in such a flippant way.
Mike
