Tag Archive | "multi-touch"
Behind Google and Apple’s growing and heated rivalry
Apple and Google have been on the outs for a few months now, and with Apple taking a jab at Google’s Android OS via their lawsuit against HTC, it doesn’t seem like the 2 tech heavyweights will be best buds again anytime soon. In a fascinating article from this past weekend, the New York Time chronicles [...]
Continue reading...Google publicly backs HTC in its legal battle against Apple
Tuesday, March 2, 2010
Well it sure has been an interesting day for Apple legal hounds. Earlier today, Apple sued HTC for infringing on 20 of its patents that span everything from UI design down to OS architecture. A lot of people have chimed in stating that Apple’s lawsuit is more about its fight against Google’s Android OS than [...]
Continue reading...Dumping the Palm Pre
Monday, February 22, 2010
Sachin Agarwai of Silicon Alley Insider recently decided to dump his Palm Pre after just 3 weeks of use. While his experience is obviously not universal, his complaints about the Pre’s touchscreen and other software shenanigans seem to be a recurring theme.
Continue reading...Amazon buys multitouch company, looks to make Kindle more appealing
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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It looks like Amazon won’t be taking Apple’s iPad lightly. The New York Times reports that Amazon recently purchased a New York based company named Touchco that specializes in touchscreen technology, a feature which the Kindle obviously lacks. Amazon will reportedly merge Touchco’s employees and technology into its Kindle hardware division, a move which is an obvious [...]
Continue reading...Sweeping multitouch comes to the Nexus One
Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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Google yesterday announced that it had issued a software update for Nexus One users to enable broad multitouch functionality, including the much desired “pinch to zoom” feature for Google Maps. A few months ago, we reported that the initial Android phone, the G1, didn’t include multi-touch functionality because Apple asked Google not to implement it. [...]
Continue reading...Rumor: Apple to launch 22-inch touchscreen desktop in 2010
Monday, January 18, 2010
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DigiTimes briefly comments that Apple is planning to launch a 22-inch multitouch desktop computer in 2010 Apple reportedly plans to launch a 22-inch touch-enabled all-in-one PC in 2010, in addition to the current non-touch 21.5- and 27-inch iMacs, according to a Chinese-language Commercial Times report. Apple will outsource production of the 22-inch model to Quanta, with Taiwan-based Sintek [...]
Continue reading...Tablet OS to include advanced multitouch gestures along with multitouch version of iWork
Saturday, January 9, 2010
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Apple has been working on a tablet in one form or another for years, and now that Steve Jobs is sufficiently satisfied to release one out into the wild, it’s a good bet that the device will blow users away much like the iPhone did when Jobs first unveiled the iconic smartphone back at Macworld [...]
Continue reading...Why the Nexus One can’t compete with the app experience on the iPhone
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
The Nexus One phone from Google is out of the bag and the reviews are beginning to trickle in. Overall, it’s being painted as a solid offering, and while it may not be an iPhone killer, it certainly may give other Android phones a run for their money. But in the midst of all the [...]
Continue reading...Apple’s new Magic Mouse looks great, feels okay, and sorely lacks support for Expose and Dashboard
Monday, November 16, 2009
Apple may have introduced the mouse to the masses, but superior mouse design has never been Apple’s forte. That’s not to say that all of Apple’s mice have been subpar (though the ill-fated hockey puck mouse that came with the first iMac comes to mind), but Apple, when it comes to mouse design, often seems [...]
Continue reading...Motorola Droid lacks multitouch - Is Google afraid of a lawsuit from Apple?
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
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The upcoming Motorola Droid is the latest darling of the tech blogosphere, and there’s no denying that its specs, and in particular its gorgeous 3.7-inch screen, are objectively impressive. But lost in the mix of all Droid discussions is the fact that the Droid isn’t multi-touch enabled and doesn’t offer users the ability to pinch [...]
Continue reading...Demo of Windows 7 on Japanese TV show is a big fat FAIL [Video]
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Windows 7 has gotten a lot of favorable reviews thus far, but when a Japanese TV show tried to demo the new multi-touch capabilities of Microsoft’s new OS, well, let’s just say it resulted in a big fat FAIL.
Continue reading...Was Nokia’s patent lawsuit against Apple a pre-emptive strike?
Friday, October 23, 2009
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Yesterday we reported that Nokia launched a lawsuit against Apple claiming that the iPhone infringes on a number of Nokia patents which relate to technologies that make devices compatible with wireless LAN standards. Regardless of whether or not Nokia has a solid case, it’s interesting that they waited until the third iteration of the iPhone before filing [...]
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Monday, March 15, 2010
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