The smartphones of today are truly wonderful devices. We tend to forget and take them for granted, but just remember — some 15 years ago, the dream of holding a handset that is all screen, is constantly connected to the Internet, and allows you to do some serious computing — all while being able to fit in your pocket — seemed like a futuristic dream from a sci-fi movie.

But there’s still one major drawback that an all-screen device has and that’s its limited capabilities of giving you a nice tactile feedback. The “feel” you get that you have actually pressed something or interacted with ...