News tagged with touch screen interface

Review: Windows 8 a big misstep for Microsoft

The venerable PC is at a crossroads. Sales growth has slowed to a crawl. And consumers and developers are increasingly turning their time and attention to smartphones and tablets.

Technology / Software

created Mar 28, 2012 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (31) | comments 52

I-maginary Phone: iPhone as a hand phone? (w/ video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- Once you have had your smart phone for a while using your touch screen becomes a bit of second nature. You begin to know where you icons are and how to do things without looking down at the ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0 | with audio podcast weblog

RIM's new PlayBook tablet falls short of Apple iPad

More than a year after Apple Inc. released the iPad, the search for a credible challenger to the market-changing tablet computer is still on.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created May 12, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

BendDesk introduced: the desk that is a touch screen (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- A research project from the RWTH Aachen University Media Computing Group and Department of Work and Cognitive Psychology in Germany is developing a desk in which the entire curved surface ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 14, 2010 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (15) | comments 11 | with audio podcast report

Samsung's Omnia II smart phone works but lacks punch

The Samsung Omnia II smart phone with Windows Mobile 6.5 on Verizon Wireless is as dependable and exciting as a McDonald's burger.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 08, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Computing with a wave of the hand (w/ Video)

(PhysOrg.com) -- The iPhone’s familiar touch screen display uses capacitive sensing, where the proximity of a finger disrupts the electrical connection between sensors in the screen. A competing approach, ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (14) | comments 7

Apple countersues Nokia over phone patents

(AP) -- Apple Inc. is suing cell phone maker Nokia Corp. for patent infringement, a countermove to Nokia's earlier suit against technologies used in Apple's iPhone.

Technology / Business

created Dec 11, 2009 | popularity 2 / 5 (5) | comments 2

Microsoft Announces Windows Mobile 6.5

(PhysOrg.com) -- At the Mobile World Congress 2009 in Barcelona, Microsoft officially revealed the new Windows phones featuring new user-friendly software and services. The next generation of Windows phones ...

Technology / Software

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3 weblog