Yeah true, but it has to be done right, not like you just touch the buttons on the screen...much like Panasonic's Ghost units. The Clarions actually make you drag your finger across the screen and even hold it there to use track selection and other controls. I especially love that they kept the rotary volume control, I prefer those over the button-type volume controls.
i believe that, yes rotary volume control is staying on clarion hu, now panasonic has some good touch panel hu, but cant really get the great ones here in u.s., maybe on ebay