News tagged ‘touchscreen’
Friday, 19 Apr 2013
Outgoing Intel CEO Foresees Prices of Touch-Enabled Win 8 Devices Dropping to US$400
Outgoing Intel CEO Paul Otellini believes that the next generation of Haswell processors will bring along a new wave of Windows 8 touch-enabled devices with more attractive price points down into the US$300 or US$400 range. This may happen as OEMs start exploring new form factors for these devices.
Monday, 14 Jan 2013
Tactus Technology Demonstrates World's First Morphing Tactile Touchscreen Keyboard
At CES 2013, Tactus Technology, a California-based company demonstrated a tablet whose touchscreen can morph into real physical buttons that rise up out of the surface on demand, and then recede back into the screen, leaving a perfectly flat, transparent surface when gone.
Thursday, 10 Jan 2013
Intel Makes Touchscreens Mandatory on Future Ultrabooks
Future notebooks with Intel's fourth generation processor codenamed "Haswell", must feature touchscreens in order to qualify for the "Ultrabook" trademark.
Tuesday, 4 Sep 2012
Acer Adds Touchscreens to Aspire M3 and Aspire V5
Acer has unveiled their initial Windows 8 strategy: equipping the very capable Acer Aspire M3, and the Acer Aspire V5 with touchscreens. Acer is no stranger to unconventional form factors, so this may mean that the Taiwanese manufacturer has something else up their sleeves in the coming months.
Toshiba Reveals U925t Sliding Ultrabook
Toshiba will not be building the first wave of Windows RT devices, but that's only because it's focusing on Windows 8 machines, like the recently revealed Toshiba Satellite U925t sliding Ultrabook.
Tuesday, 8 May 2012
Taking Touch Surfaces to the next Level with Disney Research's Touche
Researchers from Disney Research and Carnegie Mellon University are working on a technology dubbed "Touche" that will enable real-world objects like chairs or doorknobs to detect a touch event, and also recognize what they are being touched by and how they are being touched.
Monday, 5 Mar 2012
Will the Apple TV be Revealed on March 7th?
Apple's recent media invitation has fueled widespread speculations from tech publications and readers as to whether the Cupertino firm would unveil the Apple TV instead of the presumed iPad 3.
Tuesday, 17 Aug 2010
Nokia Debuts X3 Mobile Phone With "Touch and Type" Design
Nokia unveils the slim Nokia X3 Touch and Type, with a unique combination of a touch screen and traditional 12-button keypad. The Nokia X3 sports a sleek 9.6mm thickness and slips easily into the purse or pocket. The phone also boasts of a brushed aluminum back cover and is available in five vibrant colors.
