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Pope John Peeps II: As a Canadian I have to say: quit being pussies and just take your gloves off. more »
Tamar Weinberg: "With a 17.3-inch (1600x900) display" I stopped there. My Dell XPS M1710 has a 1920x1200 resolution. I'll wait for the Studio 17 Touch to allow for... more »
Kaiser-Machead: Good specs, it's just too bad that the touch portion is a total gimmick, but for the money, I suppose it doesn't matter. more »
phunnyballs: The windows 7 fail was actually a sony fail and I have no idea why it is labeled a windows 7 fail #gizmodoremainders more »
met2art: My, my, my, my Ego hits me so hard, Makes me say "Oh my Lord!" Thank you for blessing me With cash for fines and big hyped feats It feels good whe... more »
Reil: Save Stars, Save Peach: Hm? I find a lack of call/end call buttons strange. #android more »
ddhboy: Well lets look at how long that black bar is for the network name. AT&T doesn't take up that much space, however T-Mobile does. Verizon is also a ... more »
dragon:ONE: The blacked out text - if you decide to go to the blog obnoxiously watermarked - is actually an identification number that can be tracked back to who ... more »
stan-the-man: "Touch the android to begin" That sounds so naughty.... #android more »
shokwaav: i rather the zooming out to end as a grid instead. the linear design doesn't really appeal to me it didnt say how typing would be done either... but ... more »

#diy

How To Make Any Pair Of Gloves Work With a Touchscreen
There are commercial gloves designed to work with touchscreens, but you can achieve the same functionality with your current pair of gloves using a needle and some conductive thread. More »
#laptops

Dell's Studio 17 Touch (Their First Multitouch Laptop) Starts at $800
While Dell has made tablets for years, their quietly announced Studio 17 Touch is their first multitouch laptop, and it's one big machine. More »
#remainders

Remainders - Things We Didn't Post
Apple Unleashes Billboard So Large It's Actually Illegal...Win 7 Touchscreen Commits Seppuku on Live Japanese TV...Wal-Mart Gets a Gear Installer Squad of Its Own...RIM Kills Our Dreams, Says No To Smartwatch... More »
#htc

Mystery HTC Android Phone Appears, Discloses Nothing
An HTC Android phone popped up today, offering few clues—aside from a few hastily snapped pics—about what it's called, what it does, or what it wants. More »
#userinterface

10/GUI: Fascinating Multitouch User Interface Design
User interface designer R. Clayton Miller thinks the mouse and the windows-based desktop metaphor should die. It's just too confusing. However, he also argues that multitouch displays are not the answer. Looking at his solution, he may be right. More »
#laptops

Toshiba U505 and M505 Touchscreened in Time For Win 7
Toshiba's upgraded their U505 and M505 notebooks with touchscreens in time for Windows 7. They'll go for about $1000, to start with. The rest of their "new laptops" seem old. More »
#hp

HP Goes Multitouch Crazy With TouchSmart All-In-Ones and Tx2 Updates
HP was ahead of the touch game even before Windows 7's finger friendliness, so it makes sense that the crazy computer maker decided to take after fluffy bunnies and breed lots of touch PCs. More »
#pcs

Sony's Vaio L Works as Full PC or Simply a TV
Sony unveiled their promising touchscreen all-in-one PC earlier this week, but we had little idea how it really worked. A new video walks us through the entire $1300, 24-inch system, and it looks pretty nice: More »
#projectors

Funai Touch Sensitive Image Projectors Could Arrive By 2010
Put this thing in an iPhone and sign me up! Funai's new projector can project images that can recognize finger movements. More »
#audio

Mphony Is the AV Receiver I Want to Have
Yes, I'm a touch freak, and I love the Mphony AV receiver. No buttons except for what it looks like a big analog wheel. The rest is just one giant touchscreen covering the whole front plate: More »
#netbooks

Viliv's S10 "Blade" Netbook Tablet Boasts 10 Hours of Battery Life and Windows 7
Viliv, who's previously made the S5 and S7, seems to always have a bigger gadget on the horizon, and here at IDF they showed off the S10, a 10-inch convertible tablet running Windows 7. It's super-thin and looks really promising. More »
#concepts

Closer Look at Intel 4-Screen Laptop Suggests Superior Multitasking, Procrastinating
Playing with Intel's monster four-screened concept laptop, you use gestures to select media (online or local) and fiddle with widgets developed for it with an SDK (calculator, IM). This will either be really great or totally horrible for productivity.
#inflightentertainment

Panasonic Karma Is My Dream iPhone Game Console
I have to agree with Hitler: The iPod touch and the iPhone need actual gaming buttons to be real game machines. The Panasonic Karma looks exactly like that: A true iPhone game console. Unfortunately, the awesome images can be deceiving. More »
#apple

Apple Tablet with 9.6-inch Touchscreen, HSDPA in February?
I know, another tablet rumor right? But stay with me on this one. Taiwan Economic News' "industry sources" say it's real, and will have a 9.6-inch touchscreen, HSPDA, a P.A SEMI processor, "long lasting battery" and cost $800 to $1000... More »
#cellphones

Sprint Announces Samsung Instinct HD (By Mistake?)
Hello again Samsung Instinct HD. This time it is Sprint telling us (in its newsletter) that the new phone will have "improved browsing" and better cam. And as we know HD to TV out. Good one Sprint.[Boy Genius Report]
#tablets

Archos A5S and A5H Tablets Look Blah, Unless the "A" Stands for Android
Looks like that Archos Android internet tablet that is set to be released on September 15 got outed by the FCC. Looking a lot like the Archos 5, the A5S and A5H have 4.8 inch screens and you know, internet. More »
#tablets

Archos Android Tablet With 720p Playback and Mobile Internet to Launch September 15th
Archos may have underdelivered with internet tablets in the past, but since that was mostly due to half-baked UI, we'll allow ourselves to get excited about an Android-based Archos tablet—especially one with specs like these. More »
#digitalcameras

Samsung's TL220, TL225 Touchscreen Shooters See Double: Front-Facing LCD Helps You Frame Self-Portraits
Hey, it may not be a projector, but the 1.5-inch secondary LCD on these 12.2Mp point-and-shoots is pretty unique. Tap it and frame self-portraits, or play animations to capture kid's attention (and terrorize those with a fear of clowns). More »
#nokia

Fresh Shots of the Nokia RX-5 Tablet Prototype
From the wilds of the Indonesian ~~jungle~~ message boards come these new shots of a mysterious Nokia tablet (or MID, or large phone) with a sliding QWERTY, labeled RX-5. More »
#cars

Next-Gen Audi A8 Includes Handwriting Recognition, Bafflingly
Think texting while driving is dangerous? How about leaning over to the center console to scrawl "NEAREST BATHROOM!!!!!" on your car's navigation system with a stylus? Audi's next-gen A8 includes handwriting recognition to make that dangerous dream a dangerous reality. More »
#review

Sonos CR200 Touchscreen Controller Review: Better Than an iPhone
The next-gen touchscreen Sonos controller is here, and as strange as it seems to say, it's actually better than the Sonos app for iPhone/iPod Touch for controlling their multi-room music solution wirelessly. But it is expensive. More »
#touchscreen

This Is Exactly What Touchscreen Surfaces Were Invented For
Generally I skim through videos of more than one minute. This video demo of Ruse running on a Microsoft Surface is 4:23, and I watched every second of it in complete amazement. And then, I watched it again. [Thanks Oscar]
#touchscreens

Synaptics ClearPad 3000 Means 10 Fingers Multitouching Your Phone, Crazy New Gestures
The iPhone probably doesn't use Synaptics' original ClearPad capacitive screen multitouch technology, but maybe Apple will use the ClearPad 3000, since it registers ten fingers simultaneously. I hope they steal this three-finger crumple gesture at least, it's so cool: More »
#blackberrystorm2

BlackBerry Storm 2 In Action, SurePress Click Screen and All

It's pretty early hardware and earlier software, but the guys at CrackBerry somehow got themselves a Storm 2 to play with. First question: Yes, it still has a clickable screen, but it's allegedly much better than its predecessor. More »
#remotecontrols

URC MX-5000 Remote Puts Haptic Feedback Where It Belongs
For every five products that claim some kind of haptic feedback support, maybe one actually puts it to good use—like the URC MX-5000 touchscreen remote, which uses the technology to guide your fingers while they guide your TV. More »
#lightningreview

Asus Eee T91 Touch Tablet Review: Keep Dreaming
The Asus Eee T91 is a return to netbooks gone by—a tiny 8.9-inch screen, 16GB SSD—except for one thing: It's a touchscreen tablet. More »
#samsung

T-Mobile's Samsung Highlight: Cute, Toy-Like Touchscreen Dumbphone
Presumably aimed at tweens who want one of those cool all-touch devices without paining their parents with a data plan, the Samsung Highlight features an admittedly cute design and a teeny touchscreen. More »
#creative

Creative "Zii" Moniker Resurfaces On Mysterious Touchscreen Media Player
Creative hasn't really been doing much at all for the last year. Except this, apparently: here's an FCC filing for a Zii touchscreen PMP, which shares a name their unusual system on a chip announced in January. More »
#tablets

Should We Be Excited About the Archos9 Windows 7 Tablet Netbook?
We already knew pretty much everything about the Archos9 tablet netbook running Windows 7, but with nobody sure what kind of touchscreen the thing uses, we're left to wonder if we'd want anything to do with a resistive-touchscreen tablet. More »
#bluetooth

Jabra Go 6400 and Pro 9400 Bluetooth Headphones Have a Touchscreen Base Dock
The two Jabra Go 6400 and Pro 9400 Bluetooth headsets are kinda neat, combining a charging dock for convenience with a touchcreen for showmanship. More »
#apple

The Great Apple Tablet Conspiracy Finally Engulfs Snow Leopard
Someone at CNET has a theeeoooorrry! You see, Snow Leopard, Apple's "under-the-hood" update to Mac OS X, actually has plenty of over-the-hood enhancements, most of which are suspiciously finger-friendly. I think you can guess where this is going.
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#touchscreen

Schematic "Touchwall" Is Multitouch, Multi-User, Freakin' Huge
An immersive multitouch, multi-user "Touchwall" has been revealed... for trade conference attendees. More »
#android

Samsung's First Android Phone Creeps Closer to Release
The Samsung i7500, the company's first Android handset, was recently approved by the FCC, which means we're that much closer to seeing the Android line fleshed out a bit. More »
#music

Memorex TouchMP Is the iPod Touch for Cheapies
CNET got their hands on a Memorex TouchMP, an 8GB, $100 touchscreen PMP. And they really liked it. From the review: More »
#displays

Supermap Puts Entire World On Military's Fingertips
This new geospatial information system for the US military mixes maps, 3D, units positioning, UAV video, radar, infrared, and satellite imaging into a single, fully interactive realtime tactical surface. It also blows my mind. More »
#windows7

Windows 7 Tablet Capabilities Make Tablet PCs, and You, Smarter
Tablet PCs usually seem like a great idea until you actually use them, but the Windows 7 team has been working hard to make the platform more usable than ever— especially for students. More »
#concepts

Touchscreen Calligraphy Tablet Concept Helps Perfect Your Korean
For those looking to brag about your children's calligraphy skills to your friends, this Touchscreen Calligraphy Tablet concept lets you force your children into practicing their handwriting without having to pay for ink and paper. More »
#rim

RIM CEO Hints At More Touch Devices, Acknowledges Growing Pains With the Storm
The guys at Laptop Mag sat down with RIM CEO Mike Lazaridis and uncovered some interesting bits of information—including the possibility of more touchscreen devices and an acknowledgment of problems with the Storm. More »
#cars

Tesla Model S Electric Sedan's Huge Haptic Touchscreen Dashboard In Action
When we first saw Tesla's Model S electric sedan, we noticed a big, flashy touchscreen taking the place of the dashboard's console. TechCrunch took a test drive and learned a little more about it. More »
#rangerover

Range Rover 2010's 12-inch Dual View Touchscreen Satisfies Two People at Once
The 510 HP 2010 Range Rover will have a dual view touchscreen, meaning the driver and passenger sees two different images based on their respective angles. More »

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