Multi Touch
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Dell Latitude XT2
Reviews The Dell Latitude XT2's key feature is its largely successful multi-touch capability. Build quality is excellent, but the absence of an integrated optical drive is a nuisance and battery life is disappointing.
Tags: Battery, Screen, Dell Latitude, Tablet, Tablet PC, Graphics, Notebook, keyboard, multi-touch, Dell Computer Corp.
Is Adobe replaying Sun's Java tape?
Insight commentary Adobe's attempt to bring its AIR platform to all handhelds smells strongly of Sun Microsystems' attempt to dominate the smartphone market with Java. Will the software giant's efforts suffer the same fate?
Tags: Smart phones, Mobile applications, Protocols and platforms, Adobe Systems Inc., Phone, mobile, Mobile applications, AIR 2.0, Smart Phone, Stock
Asus Eee PC 900
Reviews The Asus Eee PC 900 is an excellent update to the Eee PC 701. The keyboard is still difficult to use, but the addition of a larger, higher-resolution screen, a multi-touch touchpad and more storage gives it the edge over its mini-notebook rivals.
Tags: Screen, CPU, Storage, Notebook, Touchpad, ASUS Eee PC 900, Eee PC 900, Eee 900, ASUS, movie
Report: Apple Snow Leopard takes swipe at location, multi-touch features
News Apple's Mac OS X 10.6 is expected to include location and multi-touch developer tools for its Snow Leopard operating system, says new report.
Tags: Operating systems, Smart phones, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Tool, Apple Macintosh, GPS, SDK, operating system
Confirmed: Apple tablet in 2010
News A source says the company plans to introduce its tablet-based device early next year.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Apple Inc., Mobile, Tablet, Cell Phone, operating system, Apple iPod, mobile computing, multi-touch, Apple iPhone
Can Microsoft give Apple a run for the money in touch computing?
News Microsoft is keeping at touch computing, despite Apple's dominance in the space, with iPhone and iPod.
Tags: Business applications, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Computing, Microsoft Windows 7, Apple iPod Touch, multi-touch, Apple iPhone, CNET Networks Inc.
Apple tablet is coming, analyst says
News The device, which would look a similar to the iPod Touch but larger, would be Apple's entry into the netbook race, Piper Jaffray analyst predicts.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Apple Inc., Mobile, Tablet, Apple Macintosh, operating system, Apple iPod, Apple iPod Touch, multi-touch, Apple iPhone
Asus Eee PC 1000
Reviews The Eee PC 1000 is a fabulous machine. It precariously straddles the line between netbook and ultraportable, but it's well equipped, well designed and great for anyone requiring a highly portable notebook.
Tags: Battery, Storage, Touchpad, Eee PC 1000, ASUS, Wi-Fi, Microsoft Windows XP, USB port, Microsoft Windows, multi-touch
Asus takes user interface to the next level
News Termed 'Reality-to-Virtual', what looks like a clamshell laptop with dual LCDs is a showcase of how motion sensing can be combined with context-based displays.
Tags: Innovation, Interfaces, buses, I/O, User Interface, Video, face recognition, ASUS, keyboard, photograph, multi-touch, Computex
Windows 7 details to come in October
News Microsoft said in a blog on Thursday that the first technical details on the forthcoming operating system will come at the Professional Developers Conference in October.
Tags: Business applications, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, PC Company, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system, software, Microsoft Windows, multi-touch
Nokia N97
Reviews Although the Nokia N97 is packed with features, its clunky touch interface, sky-high price tag and outdated operating system make it hard to recommend when there are better touch-screen smartphones on the market.
Tags: Smart Phone, Video, Touch Screen, phone, keyboard, Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., High Tech Computer Corp., camera
Apple iPhone 3G S
Reviews The iPhone 3G S isn't as big an advance as the iPhone 3G was from the first-generation model, but Apple's latest handset is still a compelling upgrade for some users. It's faster, and we appreciate the new features and extended battery life.
Tags: Battery, Apple Inc., Feature, Smart Phone, Apple iPhone 3G, Cell Phone, Video, GPS, Internet radio, photograph
10 reasons why Linux will oust Windows
Insight perspective Interest stirred up by impending launch of Windows 7 is too little and too late to halt inexorable rise of Linux, argues TechRepublic's Jack Wallen.
Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, Open source, Exchange, Microsoft Corp., Fedora Project, Microsoft Windows ME, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, operating system
Apple MacBook Pro 2009 (2.66GHz, 17in.)
Reviews Apple's new 17in. MacBook Pro joins the 15in. model with a redesigned aluminium body, a new trackpad with expanded functionality and a dual-graphics setup for either longer battery life or better performance.
Tags: Battery, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, Chip, Apple MacBook Pro, GPU, Graphics, Video, Notebook, Settings Menu
Mobile features that could succeed in 2009
News 2008 already proved the success of open mobile operating systems, GPS and touchscreens, but next year's recession-hit scene is likely to show only incremental advances.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Development/design, Mobile applications, Mobile platforms, Mobile commerce, Mobile advertising, Mobile, Google Inc., Touch Screen, phone
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