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Amazon buys multitouch company, looks to make Kindle more appealing
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 [...]
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 [...]
Continue reading...Apple introduces new multitouch “Magic Mouse”
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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In addition to new iMacs, Apple also introduced a new multitouch mouse it calls the “Magic Mouse” From Apple’s website: Seamless Multi-Touch Surface … The Multi-Touch area covers the top surface of Magic Mouse, and the mouse itself is the button. Scroll in any direction with one finger, swipe through web pages and photos with [...]
Continue reading...Report: Apple planning to introduce new touch sensitive mouse that will do away with the scroll ball
Friday, October 2, 2009
Fresh off a report from last week suggesting that Apple was planning to revamp its Mighty Mouse in conjunction with an expected iMac refresh, comes news from AppleInsider which sheds a lot more light on what sort of changes we can expect to see when Apple re-invents the mouse. The Mighty Mouse, in its current [...]
Continue reading...Do new features in Snow Leopard and iPhone OS 3.0 hint at an Apple tablet
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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Erica Ogg over at CNET raises the interesting idea that newly touted features in Snow Leopard and the upcoming iPhone OS 3.0 update both hint at an Apple tablet. Ogg points out that many of the new user interface features from Apple work to minimize the number of requisite mouse clicks and/or keyboard strokes. As [...]
Continue reading...A few of the Snow Leopard features not mentioned during the WWDC Keynote
Friday, June 12, 2009
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Don’t let Snow Leopard’s $29 price-tag fool you. Despite all of the under the hood enhancements the new OS will bring, there won’t be a short supply of new features for users to enjoy. While the feature list certainly won’t be as extensive as it was for OSX 10.5 Leopard, it’s definitely not anything to [...]
Continue reading...Apple sued over use of Multi-touch in its products
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Forget about Apple suing Palm over its use of mult-touch on the Palm Pre, Apple now finds itself the defendant in a lawsuit brought by Taiwanese chip design company Elan Microelectronics over alleged infringement related to touchscreen patents. Elan is angling for an injunction against Apple that would prevent it from selling iPhone’s, iPod’s, and [...]
Continue reading...Steve Ballmer on touchscreens, and why Windows Mobile is in trouble
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Check out this a quote from Steve Ballmer as he discusses touchscreens and the lack of multi-touch in Windows Mobile: Windows Mobile 6.5 has touch on it. The way Apple does touch drives cost. [The] way they do it on the iPhone is not an inexpensive component. We’ll do it in a way that you [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday Night Link Roundup
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Apple’s multi-touch designer describes his inspiration – MacRumors Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray reports declining Mac sales – CNET iPhones now 33% of Rogers’ smartphone sales – Electronista AT&T hopes to rollout 4G technology by 2011 – Macworld Apple makes online music lessons easy with GarageBand – USA Today Apple buying up available flash RAM [...]
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Wednesday, February 3, 2010
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