The iPhone already supports primitive haptics, which are simple vibrating buzzes -- the haptic equivalent of the monotone beeps that PCs used in the 1980s. But the company appears to fully embrace the value and need for rich haptic interfaces for its coming universe of touch computers, which includes everything from iPhones and iPod Touch devices, to the rumored Apple tablet and next-generation desktop multitouch computers.

With Apple drinking the next-generation haptics Kool-Aid, and industry leader Immersion pioneering compelling new technologies to license to its huge number of major global partners, a revolution in haptics is all but certain.

You can almost feel the momentum.