News tagged with touch screen

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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

ASUS Debuts Eee PC T91MT -- First Netbook to Go Multi-touch

ASUS today launched the Eee PC T91MT, the world's first convertible tablet netbook to feature a multi-touch screen that supports Windows 7 Multi-Touch gestures.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 27, 2009 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (7) | comments 1

GPS phone offerings: Price is Nuvifone G60's downfall; Navigon is on the money

GPS navigation is morphing from a cool luxury to just one more thing you expect out of a decent smart phone. But different phones approach the issue in different ways.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Nov 05, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Review: $99 WikiReader is a pocket encyclopedia

(AP) -- When I was a kid, my dad bought a copy of the Encyclopedia Britannica. It had 32 volumes and took up 4 feet in the book case. I loved to sit on the couch and flip through it, reading articles at random.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 28, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Acer goes deep with 3-D laptop for gaming, movies

(AP) -- With the launch of Windows 7 this week, PC makers are trying some new things, including laptops with touch screens. Acer Inc. is going further - introducing a laptop with a 3-D screen.

Electronics / Hardware

created Oct 21, 2009 | popularity 2.8 / 5 (5) | comments 0

Touch screen gamble: which technology to use

Prompted partly by the iPhone's phenomenal popularity, consumers are demanding and likely to get a wider range of touch screens on many more electronic devices.

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Oct 15, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Amazon cuts Kindle price, adds global version

(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. is cutting the price of its Kindle electronic-book reader yet again and launching an international version, in hopes of spurring more sales and keeping it ahead of a growing field ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 07, 2009 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (6) | comments 1

IREX latest entrant in US e-reader field

Dutch company IREX Technologies, a spinoff of Royal Philips Electronics, unveiled a new electronic reader for the US market on Wednesday, the latest entrant in an increasingly crowded field.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 24, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Lenovo Adds Touch of Simplicity to New MultiTouch Screen ThinkPad PCs

Lenovo today is bringing business users a new way to work with multitouch screen technology on the versatile and portable ThinkPad X200 Tablet PC and slim and powerful ThinkPad T400s laptop. Lenovo is also ...

Electronics / Hardware

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The Asus New Folding E-Book Reader

(PhysOrg.com) -- Asus has demonstrated a prototype of an e-book reader it is developing. Unlike its competitors, the device resembles a normal book, having two touch screens that will fold up.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 09, 2009 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (15) | comments 9 weblog

Apple's iPhone launch in China no easy task: experts

Apple's iPhone will soon officially go on sale in China, more than two years after its US debut, but it may not make much of a splash, with smuggled units and similar devices available, analysts say.

Technology / Business

created Sep 06, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Nokia strikes back against 'smart' rivals

Faced with increased competition from up-and-coming rivals, Finnish telecom giant Nokia plans to launch a slew of new products this year but analysts say it faces a tough battle to hold on to its position ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Sep 06, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New myTouch 3G phone takes big step forward

When T-Mobile and Google launched the T-Mobile G1 last fall, there were high hopes that the device and its Android mobile operating system would provide a real threat to Apple's iPhone.

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

N97 mini, X6 and X3: Nokia unveils new smartphones to rival iPhone (w/ Video)

Nokia, the world's leading mobile phone maker, unveiled Wednesday three new smartphones as the Finnish firm tries to claw back market share from Apple's popular iPhone and RiM's Blackberry.

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created Sep 02, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0