The lack of any tactile feedback makes it difficult to type or play games on a touchscreen device. So Swiss researchers have developed a new haptic interface that uses microscopic vibrations that could one day make touchscreens feel like they have individual buttons, or even distinct textures. Can I interest you in…

I'm not sure the practical uses of the HIRO III, but it sure is neat. Essentially, it's an interface device that you stick your fingers in, allowing you to feel stuff on a computer.

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.

Haptic technology has the possibility to make touchscreens so much better, improving accuracy and adding a whole new range of sensory feedback. Immersion, primary developers of haptic technology, presented both a refined onscreen keyboard and an incredibly cheesy "Immersive Messaging" protocol at this year's All Things D …

Samsung's Miniskirt 2 is out, in some heinously Seventies colors. The slider phones, also known as the SCH-C225, the SPH-C2205 and the SPH-C2225, have the Smile Shot function, (pull a cheesy grin and it's captured for posterity) a 2-megapixel phone, GPS, Bluetooth, a vibrating keyboard and a dictionary. Available in