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    Synaptics ClearPad 3000 Means 10 Fingers Multitouching Your Phone, Crazy New Gestures

    Synaptics Clickpad Brings the Clickable Trackpad Design to PCs

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    Image of Noobs-R-Us Noobs-R-Us
    07/22/09

    In reply to Synaptics ClearPad 3000 Means 10 Fingers Multitouching Your Phone, Crazy New Gestures
    That woman has some serious man-fingers!
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    Image of tande04 tande04
    07/22/09

    In reply to Synaptics ClearPad 3000 Means 10 Fingers Multitouching Your Phone, Crazy New Gestures
    It seems like if you give up the multitouch you're giving up the main benefit of a capacitive screen.
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    07/22/09

    In reply to Synaptics ClearPad 3000 Means 10 Fingers Multitouching Your Phone, Crazy New Gestures
    Okay multi-finger touch is good for app development but seriously, how many times do you and a friend touch a screen at once?

    What kind of sick orgy MMORGs will we be playing?
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    Image of valkilmerisawful valkilmerisawful
    07/22/09

    @deadrobot: Twister: Finger Edition? Or maybe Penis Edition... but multi-touch might be difficult with your pee pee. Plus it's your friend - not cool...
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    07/22/09

    In reply to Synaptics ClearPad 3000 Means 10 Fingers Multitouching Your Phone, Crazy New Gestures
    Finger twister? There's an app for that

    Binary Digit-Blue!
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    07/22/09

    In reply to Synaptics ClearPad 3000 Means 10 Fingers Multitouching Your Phone, Crazy New Gestures
    I know with certainty that the iPhone can already recognize four fingers. Can it do more? Maybe, I don't know. Rather, the question should be: SHOULD it do more on such a tiny screen? Is there a friggin point to having 10 independent inputs on a 3.5 inch screen? I mean, if this were a Microsoft Surface or something, I'd recognize the need to have as many distinct points of input as possible, but, let's be real now, it's not. We're working with limited space.
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    07/22/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: So you're saying the Synaptics people were so pre-occupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should?
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    Image of TheSonOfKrypton TheSonOfKrypton
    07/22/09

    @HumungaCowabunga_GitEmSteveDav...: Exactly good sir.
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    07/22/09

    @HumungaCowabunga_GitEmSteveDav...: with great power comes great responsibility.... (meaning there will be a whole lot more dropped touch screen when someone develops an app needing 6 fingers)
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    Image of Captian_Caveman Captian_Caveman
    07/22/09

    @HumungaCowabunga_GitEmSteveDav...:Thank you for your insight Dr. Malcolm
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    Image of Lupus_Yonderboy Lupus_Yonderboy
    07/22/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: I kind of agree with you-I don't need to have things that can only be done with my whole hand on my cell phone-I'm usually using it while walking, so the more stuff that I can do with one finger/thumb, the better.
    That being said, that crumple gesture is pretty cool-I could see having fun deleting my email or getting rid of notes if that was an option. I'd probably get bored of it fairly quickly, though.
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    07/22/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: I think an amazing possibility for the Surface is if it could recognize separate people. So there can be multiple people doing different things on the Surface. Like a bonfire... everyone gathers around. Fingerprint recognition would be cool... "unlock" your workspace with your fingerprint so only you can access your email etc.
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    Image of The Lab The Lab
    07/22/09

    @HumungaCowabunga_GitEmSteveDav...: The definitive evidence that Synaptics is doing things just because they can will be when they develop the 12 finger multitouch.
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    07/22/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: 10 fingers is not that outlandish. It's some of the next generation stuff they're working on - 10 fingers plus tongue, liver, and spleen - that makes me wonder what kind of practical applications they have in mind.
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    07/22/09

    @Hi, I'm God: There is research into developing finger print recognition. I think that is one of the ideas behind apple's patent of a camera behind the LCD screen. You would press your finger on the screen, the camera takes a picture of it from underneath the screen, and then can analyze your fingerprint.
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    Image of valkilmerisawful valkilmerisawful
    07/22/09

    @TheSonOfKrypton: Honestly, Synaptics should fix the side scrolling and 'possessed cursor' problem that drives me up the wall on my laptop. 10 fingers? No... Synaptics, we have a problem with one finger, because scrolling whilst playing flash is like force-feeding a large dose of hallucinogens and paralytics to my mouse drivers.
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    Image of AmphetamineCrown AmphetamineCrown
    07/22/09

    In reply to Synaptics ClearPad 3000 Means 10 Fingers Multitouching Your Phone, Crazy New Gestures
    It doesn't seem that often I see interface hardware that makes me go "wow."

    Wow.

    It seems like a vocabulary could be developed of very intuitive gestures that really open a wealth of possibilities for mobile devices.
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    Image of Jrsy Devil's Advocate® Jrsy Devil's Advocate®
    06/02/09

    In reply to Synaptics Clickpad Brings the Clickable Trackpad Design to PCs
    Not really a big fan of the click-pad and I like the new MacBook keyboards even less.


    My trusty 15" G4 still has plenty of life left in it yet..

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    06/02/09

    @Jrsy Devil's Food Cake®: oh how I miss the G4s... :::sigh::: the new trackpad and keyboard will definitely grow on you, though, if/when you end up with a newer notebook If you give it a fair chance, you'll never go back :)
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    06/02/09

    @brobot: I got a black MacBook when they first came out. I returned it after two weeks for several reasons, chief among them was my dislike for the keyboard. My two favorite laptop keyboards are the PowerBook and my Thinkpad.


    And before anyone chimes in about using an external keyboard, it's something extra to lug around and it defeats the purpose of having a built-in keyboard (IMO anyway).

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    Image of Révolution Révolution
    06/01/09

    In reply to Synaptics Clickpad Brings the Clickable Trackpad Design to PCs
    Probably works like my ancient 2004 synaptics. It has 4 regions, and if it is regions on the left, left click, regions on the right, right click.

    It isn't hard to know where a finger is. :P
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    Image of Adrian Covert Adrian Covert
    06/01/09

    @Révolution: yeah, i'm sure that's what it is. just haven't heard it from their mouth...yet.
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    Image of ZAPPO1123 ZAPPO1123
    01/12/09

    In reply to Android Runs Multitouch on the G1, Really
    Some of you seem to lack an adequate understanding of the patent system. The following will address that (well, at least somewhat):

    1) Patents are for ideas. In other words, you claim ideas.

    2) There is probably prior art (i.e., other patents) in the multitouch field, but one needs to consider a) whether one or more of said prior art has expired (in which case its assignee will be unable to sue the multitouch dude for infringement) and b) whether the claims of said prior art reads on the multitouch dude.

    3) Before crying infringement, one needs to review the claims of Apple's patents. Does the multitouch dude (and/or his device) infringe those claims?

    4) The USPTO IS functioning just fine.
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    Image of soggy_cheerio soggy_cheerio
    01/13/09

    @ZAPPO1123: There are only three classes of people who think that the USPTO isn't broken:

    1. Patent lawyers (who make money on the system)

    2. Large corporations (who make money on the system)

    3. Patent trolls (who make money on the system)

    Everyone else is pretty much fed up with it.


    It has long since become the domain of who has the deepest pockets and the largest legal team. It no longer serves its original purpose of protecting and fostering innovation.


    In my opinion, there are only a few of the Apple multi-touch patents that should pass muster, specifically, the one's pertaining to the actual physical construction and manufacture of the touch screen. The patents for multi-touch gestures and such should fail easily due to prior art (among other things).

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    Image of ph15h ph15h
    01/12/09

    In reply to Android Runs Multitouch on the G1, Really
    It's always been capable... its just whether or not its been allowed by the OS or capable by programs. -_- Patents will probably stop large use.
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    01/12/09

    In reply to Android Runs Multitouch on the G1, Really
    Use the kernel, Luke.
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    01/12/09

    In reply to Android Runs Multitouch on the G1, Really
    How are they working around apple's multi-touch patents.. i know for a fact the iphone holds over 200 patents, and a few of them are multi-touch.
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    01/12/09

    @ipod-Therefore-iam: your-screenname-is-ipod-Therefore-you-are-an-apple-fanboy-and-feel-like-you-have-to-defend-apple
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    01/12/09

    @Arggh! there goes a...snake a snake! ohhhhhhhh it's snake!: ...what..?


    @UnexpectedEOF: Uhm your either mis-informed or lying. Apple invented multi-touch and debuted it at macworld 2007.

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    01/12/09

    @ipod-Therefore-iam: Trolling? "Apple invented multi-touch and debuted it at macworld 2007." -_- get a life
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