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android
NIMble: $300 Android Desktop Phone Designed by iPhone Engineer
We've all heard about the prospects of Android in the mobile-phone market, but the NIMble is an Android phone meant for actual desktops. More »
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By Mark WilsonComment by Enigmaaron1: So this is the phone companies desperate attempt to keep you buying redundant phone services? Seriously, why does anyone need... 11 Responses | Other threads
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apple
Enable Four-Finger Gestures on Original MacBook Air with Dangerous Scary Hack
Macrumors forum member michaelb, in a fit of jealousy over his ladyfriend's new unibody MacBook, decided to try to trick his last-gen MacBook Air into recognizing four-finger gestures. He installed the updated 10.5.5 system from the new MacBook onto his Air, and then through some tricky manipulation of the kernel extension, managed to get the flashy four-finger gestures working. This is like the invention of sliced bread times infinity. More »
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By Dan NosowitzComment by Dearhaw: If Apple distributed a firmware update to allow older laptops to get new functionality like this, I bet they would... 9 Responses | Other threads
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multi-touch
DIY Hand Gesture Multi-Touch Using a Webcam... and Magic
Andy Wilson, from Microsoft Research, has created a pretty impressive new way to interact with your computer, using very basic equipment and some very smart software coding. He's managed to use a standard webcam ("like $30," he says) and custom software to get the cam to recognize the shapes and movement of only his hands. It's a bit like the Wiimote hack, but already working with programs like Google Earth. More »
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By Dan NosowitzComment by Khephra: Man, the future's gonna be awesome! 5 Responses | Other threads
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hammertime
MC Hammer Takes Time from His Busy Schedule to Play with Microsoft Surface
MC Hammer was out of commission for a while there but he appears to be back in big way. First we saw him in a full-on parody for Monday Night Football, and now he has been spotted enjoying the Microsoft Surface at the TechCrunch 50 conference. If I were the one wearing Hammer Pants in the '80s, I would try to avoid public scenarios that invite obvious jokes—but he seems to have come to terms with his past. [JacobMullins TwitPic via Microsoft Surface Blog]
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By Sean FallonComment by redwingsmonk: Let's hope he doesn't get hired to sing in a commercial for this Surface with " you can't touch... 2 Responses | Other threads
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Apple's New Multi-Touch Technology
Apple Multi-Touch Data Fusion Adds Camera, Voice, Force Sensors
Apple has been working in new multi-touch technology that combines touch interfaces with input from the camera and the microphone. For example: this will allow you to select text in the iPhone, say "copy," go to another application and say "paste" to make this task really easy. The most intriguing part, however, is the use of a camera in laptops and desktops. More »
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By Jesus DiazComment by Ayeco: Multitouch? What next, a mouse with more than one button!? 4 Responses | Other threads
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apple
Glass Multi-touch Trackpads Only Make Sense With Displays Under 'Em
New Apple notebooks are most certainly coming in the next six to eight weeks, and they will probably have the most extensive design overhauls in years. And the long-fabled MacBook touch might finally appear on the mortal plane. But the best rumor, we think, is that the new MacBooks will have a glass, multi-touch trackpad. But, uh, why is there no mention of a screen or display underneath the glass? Why make a fancy glass trackpad that isn't a multi-touch screen? More » -
surface
Microsoft Surface Sphere Will Be Multi-touchable Next Week
Microsoft is going to debut its spherical multi-touch Surface next week at its annual Research Faculty Summit. We're pretty curious about what you can do with a big ball of multi-touch (and wondering about the little things—is it a perfect sphere? How are you supposed to hold it? Is it like a globe?). They pulled references to it off the exhibit list (to keep it a surprise, probably), but it's still very much on the floor display map, as you can see. We're stoked. [Mary-Jo Foley]
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dell latitude xt
Dell Latitude XT Multi-touch Update Available Now
Just a reminder, that Dell Latitude XT multi-touch firmware update is available right now. Click here to grab the ~15MB update for Vista 32 bit, 64 bit or Windows XP. Then you can use multi-touch for browsers, Office, Google Earth and more. Hurray. [Direct2Dell] -
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tablets
Dell Latitude XT Tablet to Get Multi-Touch Tomorrow
Dell's Latitude XT tablets will receive their long-awaited multi-touch firmware update Tuesday, adding multi-touch to web browsers, MS Office, Google Earth, photo viewers, and more to zoom, scroll and pinch just like you-know-who. There's also a boss-is-coming shortcut—double-tap the screen and it goes dark instantly, hiding your unsavory dealings. Looks a little jerky in Hans and Roy's demo video, though. More »
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By John MahoneyComment by strider_mt2k: @bluemonq: Who's going to bother buying it if there isn't something to do with it wright off the bat? My point... more » | Other threads
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laptops
V12 Design Delivering Dual Touchscreen Laptop Within Two Years
It looks as though an Italian company named V12 Design might beat the OLPC's XO-2 laptop to the dual touchscreen punch with their dual LCD laptop called the Canova. According to Laptopmag, V12 developed its design four years ago and is currently working on a second generation version with a US manufacturer. The plan is to have the device on the market within 16 months. More » -
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Apple's Multi-Touch Gesture Patent Has So Many Combinations It's a Shocker
You can already do a handful of gestures on the new MacBook Air and MacBook Pro's trackpad, but Apple's going in and patenting a whole bunch more. Not only are there gestures in this application that involve a thumb and three fingers—something casual users will probably never use—but there's even a sample of how this would work for games like Tetris (shown after the jump) or Final Fantasy. Each "chord" would correspond to a character or movement or attack or something, which is definitely not simple like the Firefox/Opera mouse gestures we've gotten used to. Still, more gestures are always good, and we're sure the end product won't be ridiculous like these. [Unwired View via Crunchgear] More »
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By Jason ChenComment by ArtooBE: mmmmm, IF they use them... it will take a loooong time to memorize :p more » | Other threads
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microsoft surface
Microsoft Surface Debuts For Drunken Vacationers At the Rio in Vegas
Microsoft's following up its initial retail rollout of their Surface Table at AT&T with a slightly sleazier version in Vegas. The Rio is going to get six Surface tables, which allows patrons to order drinks and play mini-games with their buddies. The most interesting is a "Flirt" application, which lets you try your luck electronically with people at other Surface tables without actually going over there and talking to them. How well does vomit come off of these things again? [Surface Blog]
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By Jason ChenComment by pashdown: "Erase this crap and put video poker on these things!" in 3.. 2.. 1.. more » | Other threads
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multi-touch
College Student Makes Multi-touch Table Out Of Cardboard Box
Microsoft's Surface multi-touch table sure is cool, but who has $10,000 to spend on a gadget like that? I personally have maybe fifty bucks to my name right now, so I guess I'll have to fulfill my multi-touch itch with a cardboard box and a webcam like this guy. More »
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By Elaine ChowComment by king_of_fools: Boy is that guy busy or what; he made the same thing back in april on Endgaget [www.engadget.com] more » | Other threads
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windows 7
Windows 7 Multi-Touch SDK Slated For an October Release
Details on the multi-touch functionality in Windows 7 are only a couple of days old, but it appears that Microsoft is already looking ahead with a multi-touch SDK slated for release at this year's Professional Developers Conference in October. At that time, Microsoft is expected to "highlight the new multi-touch gesture APIs and explain how you can leverage them in your applications." [PDC via tabletpctalk]
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By Sean FallonComment by leonard71: THIS WILL REVOLUTIONIZE SOLITAIRE!! more » | Other threads
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windows 7
Windows 7 Features Revealed
Here's what Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer revealed about Windows 7 at All Things Digital a few minutes ago. The biggest "feature" is the touch and multi-touch integration, which takes many of its roots from Microsoft's Surface Table, and will be available as an interface options for other apps. Here's some more stuff they pulled out, which we captured in photos here. More »
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By Jason ChenComment by OtisMilda: Wow!!! Microsoft Windows 7 rocks!!! Yeah! more » | Other threads
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curved displays
AUO Curved Displays, Ultra Thin LCDs On The Way
At SID 2008 this week AUO announced the launch of curved displays, LCD panels that are just over a half millimeter thick and TFT multi-touch panels. The curved displays are said to be the first built on glass substrate (honestly, that's way over my head, but I'm sure a few of you will care). Because the display has a curve radius of 100mm, it requires a special thinning technology. But mostly, I like this thing because it just looks cool. More »
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Comment by mardigan71: Or how about a display that curves more at the bottom? Coupled with the multi-touch technology, this could eliminate... more » | Other threads
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displays
Samsung Announcing 82-inch Ultra-Definition LCD With Multi-Touch
We may have a new dream TV. Samsung is set to unveil an 82-inch LCD with ultra-definition resolution (3,840 by 2,160) that refreshes at 120Hz sometime this week. But equally as exciting, the display will also come in a multi-touch flavor for education purposes. That version will run at just 60Hz. Unfortunately, we have no images of either display. But what justice could a 500x300 representation do an 82-inch, 3,840x2,160 display anyway? So here's a puppy instead. [infoSync][image] -
displays
Giant Missile Command: The Best Use of Multitouch to Date
So, multitouch has some interesting applications, but all pale in comparison to playing a two-player version of Missile Command. The clone was installed by Steve Mason at the Obscura Digital production studios' massive 8'X4' multitouch wall—and as you can see in the video after the break, It looks like a good time, not to mention a decent workout. More »
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By Sean FallonComment by Bokusatsu_Tenshi: I envision this is how WWIII will be like! more » | Other threads
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microsoft surface
Multi-grope: Interacting with Microsoft Surface at the AT&T Store
Microsoft's near-mythical Surface table just appeared at five AT&T Stores across the country (with seven more locations soon to get one), and we were happy to have a go with it this morning. As you'll see in the video, this one is programmed for mobile phone sales pitches, and doesn't have all of the fun apps we've heard about, but even here, Surface's massive, beautiful potential is obvious. More » -
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Microsoft Surface in Your House in 2011
For Microsoft, full speed-ahead on a cheaper consumer version of Surface, its multi-touch computer table, means 2011. Tom Gibbons, VP of Microsoft specialized apps and devices group says that "In the three-year time window, we absolutely see how to get there. If we can beat that, we'll try to beat that." Alas, it's Microsoft, so they're already running late on the initial launch to companies waving around a lot more money than you. Expect to hang onto your Ikea coffee table until 2012, to be safe. [Fortune] -
peripherals
Smitrix Swiftpoint Triped Mouse For Tablet PCs: Forget Those Annoying Pens
You have already seen the Swiftpoint Slider Mouse, a device that effectively makes your keyboard into one giant mousepad, and now we learn that there is a similar device made primarily for tablet PCs and multi-touch tabletop surfaces. Besides being pointier and cooler looking than the Slider, the Triped aims to "remove barriers to the growth of the Tablet PC market" by eliminating one of its major drawbacks—the pen. More »
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By Sean FallonComment by oyumurtaci: Other than the shape, how is this not a 'pen'? I would understand the ergonomic advantage if it attached to... more » | Other threads
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microsoft
Microsoft Reportedly Working on Sphere Shaped Version of Surface
By now you have probably heard quite a bit about Microsoft's "Surface" multi-touch table, and now ZDNet is claiming that the company has been showing off a sphere-shaped version of the technology around their campus. We know that Microsoft is pushing to get this technology into homes sooner rather than later, but a spherical device doesn't seem to be all that practical (unless you are a fortune teller or something). However, when it comes to the future of this device, we will just have to wait and see. [ZDNet via Electronista] -
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Magic Cube Heralds the Future of Gaming and Human Interfaces
Nobody really knows what the future of human interfaces and gaming will look like, but Andrew Fentem—who went from working on classified missile systems to developing multi-touch human interfaces, kinetic surfaces and motion sensing technologies before almost anyone else in the planet—gave us a fascinating vision on where we are headed in this exclusive interview. Work like his Fentix Cube, a motion- and touch-sensing cube which can play Pac-Man among other games, have all the big companies taking notes. The videos speak for themselves. More » -
cellphones
New RIM Patents Hint at New Blackberry Form Factors, Advanced Multi-Touch Displays
A couple of new Blackberry patents have been unearthed that may or may not give us some hints as to what to expect in upcoming models. First up is a design for a phone with a screen that angles up, presumable for watching video when the phone is placed on a flat surface. The second patent is for a new LCD touchscreen technology. More » -
apple
iPod Scroll Wheel Illumination Patent Shows Two Finger Control
Apple's in the midst of shoving multi-touch into every single thing they own, which means that this patent for a two-fingered iPod scroll wheel seems quite likely to come to fruition. Besides allowing you to do the "Churchill", the patent details an illumination of the wheel as your finger passes by, possibly making a comet or a little pie shape under your pointer. Pretty neat to see what you're doing in the dark, but ultimately just only a slight upgrade to what they already have. Mmmm, pie. [iPodNN]
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By Jason ChenComment by manguero: i've got a zune d-pad, so no worries. it's not necessarily "innovative" but i sure would call it "simple"... more » | Other threads
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touchy-feely
Feeling Up the LG Multitouch: It's a Hoot But Flawed
LG.Philips dives into the multi-touch display game at CES 2008, seen here running Google Earth. Coolness indeed, but LG's idea of mounting dual IR-sensitive cameras on either side of the display is still flawed. More »
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Comment by Bowler Hat: @EnochLight: I have no issues with smudges. I won't deny that the iPhone is a wonderful device, and indeed for... more » | Other threads
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rumor
Windows Mobile 7 Details Leaked - Multi-touch, Motion Gestures
InsideMicrosoft just got a gigantic scoop of Microsoft's Windows Mobile 7, due to be released in 2009. This isn't Windows Mobile 6.1—which we've seen leaks of recently—but the next full version of Windows Mobile that fixes a bunch of problems we've seen with the platform. The huge changes are multi-touch gestures (including flicking, swiping and drawing on the screen), motion gestures (shaking the phone), Windows Vista-like redesign of the entire UI, better finger-based navigation and a desktop-like Internet Explorer browser. It's totally amazing, and fixes a bunch of the complaints we had with the platform. InsideMicrosoft has the full details. [InsideMicrosoft] More »
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By Jason ChenComment by snitch29: what??? did you guys say multi touch ??? i though ballmer said it that multi touch was not appealing?? boy sometimes... 1 Responses | Other threads
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apple multi-touch
Apple Hiring a Whole Team of Multi-touch Engineers, Not Just One
After Apple posted a job listing for a Reliability Engineer who would work in multi-touch development, blogs have been speculating left and right about Apple's plans. We went over to Apple's jobs page and found they're not just hiring a single reliability engineer, but a whole team of engineers specifically for multi-touch products. More »
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Comment by Skeptical_Geezer: Even R&D projects require multi-person teams. Have the writers at Gizmodo NEVER worked in the real world? more » | Other threads
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rumor
Windows 7 Getting Multi-Touch That Will "Blow Away" iPhone Users
One of the test engineers working on Windows 7, Hilton Locke, dropped a post today pimping Dell's Latitude XT that also contained this little nugget:I will say that if you are impressed by the "touch features" in the iPhone, you'll be blown away by what's coming in Windows 7. Now if only we could convince more OEMs that Windows Touch Technology is going to drive their sales.
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Comment by munan: So.. We have Windows 7 people here obviously. They're quiet, but today the skeleton waiting for 7 to boot is gone. Hmmmm..... I... more » | Other threads
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nokia
S60 Gets New Features, Stepping Out of iPhone's Shadow?
The folks at Crave UK recently got a chance to tour Nokia's R&D facility in Finland; and while they may have seen a robot dog, the real prize here was updated information on the S60 Touch UI. We already knew that the software, accused of being an iPhone clone by some, had a couple of sweet features that the iPhone couldn't compete with (namely, stylus input and tactile feedback response). What we didn't know is that the R&D team is also working on an app that translates foreign words in pictures taken with the phone's camera, and another one that identifies objects by pointing the camera at them (finding product information while shopping is one proposed use). Hit the gallery to see it all up close, and let us know what other apps you'd like to see in the comments. [Crave UK]
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Comment by rimplestultskin, macberry fanboy: S60 also isn't as locked down. long live the pirates of sweden! speaking of which, 20% of net... more » | Other threads
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nokia
Nokia Introducing Touch UI to Open Source S60 OS
Today Nokia, the largest player in the mobile handset game, announced the addition of a touchscreen interface to their S60 OS. Comparisons to Apple's multi-touch input system are inevitable, but Nokia is holding its own with a few promised extras. These include silencing the phone by flipping it on its face when an incoming call is received, support for stylus-based input and a tactile feedback response. More »
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By Haroon MalikComment by brandon2084: It doesn't support iTunes DRM, so fuck it. Besides, just because it matches, or even exceeds the feature list does... more » | Other threads
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laptops
Jazzmutant Multitouch Tablet PC Demoed
Here's a video of the multi-touch tablet PC prototype that Jazzmutant showed off last week at Siggraph. It's got the pinch and spread features that Apple popularized on the iPhone, but this can actually take an unlimited number of contact points. You can use as many fingers (or styluses) as you were born with to move and spread stuff around. We could see this in a tablet, but replacing the traditional mouse and keyboard in a laptop is pretty unlikely. [Jazz Mutant] -
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42-Inch Touchscreen LCD Features Multi-Touch
Korean electronics company Dahan T&S has unveiled 42-inch touchscreen LCD that features multi-touch input recognition. One use of the multi-touch technology, or what they call "multi dot recognition", is for the monitor to recognize one finger as a left click and two fingers as a right click. While standing inches away from a wall-mounted LCD doesn't sound too appealing, working this into a coffee table (ala the Microsoft Surface) would be cool. [AVING] More »
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Comment by SneakerFiend: Cool people. But every demo is done on XP and not on Vista.Whats with that. What ever happened to the... more » | Other threads
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patents
Apple's Gesture Dictionary, a Fingering Chart for Multi-Touch
Apple spent another day at the patent office, locking down this idea: a Multi-Touch Gesture Dictionary that identifies all kinds of finger play you can do on upcoming multi-touch interfaces. It started out with just the expand and contract motions on the iPhone, along with the ability to swipe your finger to get from one picture or graphic to the next. This takes those few gestures into the next dimension. Come on over to the next page, and see a larger version of this multi-touch map, which looks as complicated as the West Coast Offense in the NFL. More »
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touch me, i'm slick
Microsoft's Multi-touch laptop, Based on the Surface Table
Microsoft is using the mulit-touch technology that they implemented into their Surface Table and porting it to normal computers. Check out the video above of a demo of a laptop modified to use multi-touch. More »
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By Adam FrucciComment by macserv: Microsoft.™ We didn't do it first, but by God, we're gonna do it LOTS! more » | Other threads
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gadgets
Lemur Multi-Touch Touchscreen, Reviewed
Dreaming of a multi-touch touchscreen future? For musicians, the future is now — if you can pony up the $2500 price of admission, that is. The Lemur, the Star Trek-like touchscreen hardware built for musicians, has now found its way into the hands of actual users. What's the verdict? Depends on whom you ask. The colorful interface, with floating circles and faders that respond to simulated physics, can indeed be programmed to perform some amazing tasks. Getting it up and running is a challenge, however, and might have you running back to dramatically cheaper MIDI controllers with old-fashioned faders and knobs. Keytar, anyone?
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