World's Biggest Multitouch Screen Makes Your iPhone Look Small

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If you want to experience the world's biggest multitouch and multi user screen you have to visit the newly revamped Nürburgring in Germany. The Formula One race track has transformed into a theme park.
The two-piece so called ring°wall consists of an LED display and a multitouch information wall with a total surface of 425 square meters, which equals more than 6,000 computer displays. Read more

Posted on Mon, 2 Nov 2009 06:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

Samsung Offers World's First Display Driver with Touch Screen Controller

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Samsung today unveiled what it claims to be the world's first mobile display mobile display driver with embedded touch screen controller functionality. The tech is based on the Samsung Touch Embedded DDI technology.

The single chip solution allows phone designers to make more simple designs and the display driver is aimed at the mobile phone, PMP, and MP3 player market. The component is a capacitive touch screen controller and allows for soft-touch and multi-touch functionality. Read more

Posted on Tue, 22 Sep 2009 06:04:37 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Windows 7 to push Touch Screen Notebooks

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Windows 7 is said to support Multi-touch features. Digitimes reports that the notebook industry would be jumping on these capabilities and bring touchscreen notebooks to the mainstream market.
Notebook concepts featuring two touchscreens and no physical keyboards are in the works. We already reported in 2007 about the Estari 2-VU laptop featuring two touchscreens. Read more

Posted on Sun, 19 Oct 2008 08:53:47 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

BlackBerry Bold with Touch Screen and new Storm rumored

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Now that the BlackBerry Storm has been officially announced it is of course time for new rumors about more touch screen BlackBerry. BGR is taking the lead and talks up a new Storm-like HSDPA BlackBerry to be announced at the WES 2009 (Wireless Enterprise Symposium, May 2009).
More interesting I find the prediction that RIM will launch a BlackBerry Bold with Touch Screen. This could be a really hot device as many current BlackBerry owners love the physical keyboard. Read more

Posted on Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:56:04 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Gigabyte M912V Touch Screen Netbook Review

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Gigabyte offers an Atom based Notebook with a 8.9 inch touch screen dubbed Gigabyte M912V. Hardware Canucks got their hands on this new interesting netbook and published a review.
Quote from the review: "The M912v's physical specs are similar to most others in its category, based on the Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor, sporting 1GB of DDR2 memory, 160GB SATA HDD and an 8.9in widescreen touch screen. Read more

Posted on Wed, 17 Sep 2008 07:49:39 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Touch Screens in Mobile Devices Worth $5 Billion in 2009

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A new report from ABI Research claims that the touch screen industry in the mobile device market will be worth $5 billion in 2009. ABI says that shipments of touch screen devices in 2007 increased by 91% over 2006. The report figures in touch screens used in mobile phones, MIDs, UMPCs and navigation devices.

ABI says that Samsung and Motorola command the bulk of the touch screen mobile phone market with 33% and 30% of the market respectively. This is based on strong presence in Asian markets where 80% of the world's touch screen phones are produced. Sony Ericsson has 24% of the touch screen market. Despite the popularity of the iPhone and it being one of the most famous touch screen devices, Apple is nothing but a niche player according to ABI. Read more

Posted on Thu, 11 Sep 2008 10:29:06 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

BlackBerry Touch Screen Phone Thunder aka Storm leaked on Video

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The first BlackBerry touchscreen mobile phone got leaked in all its glory on a video now circulating the web by a guy named Brewninja.
The video shows the unique touchscreen interface BlackBerry is putting their bets on. the Screen can be pushed in and is somewhat tactile. Brewninja does not like it though and on the video the usage looks clumsy.
The BlackBerry Thunder or Storm also looks a bit fat. The video below shows also other new phones. Find the bit about the Thunder at around 2:55. Read more

Posted on Wed, 10 Sep 2008 02:05:22 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Tangent Evergreen 17 Green Touch Screen PC

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Tangent introduced a new green computer called the Evergreen 17. The system is a slim, all-in-one design that uses a touch screen and has very low power requirements. The system uses a Via Eden 1.0GHz CPU that requires no fan.

It can also be optioned with a faster ViaC7 1.50GHz CPU with a low noise fan. The Evergreen 17 runs on Windows XP Pro or Windows XP Embedded. A Linux version is also available. The computer can be ordered with SSDs from 1GB to 64GB of storage capacity. Normal HDDs with 60GB to 250GB are available as well. The system starts at $1195. Read more

Posted on Wed, 27 Aug 2008 11:02:15 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Control4 Launches 7-inch Wall Mount Touch Screen

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Control4 has announced its latest wall-mount touch screen for controlling home automation. The screen is the Control4 7-inch POE Wall mount Touch Screen and expands the offerings that already include a 10.5-inch version and a mini-touch screen.

The new 7-inch screen uses a 16x9 format and offers three times the display area of the Mini touch Screen. The screen also acts as a photo frame when not in use with a screen saver function. The screen retails for $1195 and will ship in July. A Wi-Fi version will be offered later in the year at the same $1195 price. Read more

Posted on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 10:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Ramos V85 Touch Screen Bluetooth PMP Review

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AllPMP published a video review of the Ramos V85 Touch Screen Bluetooth PMP.

Quote from the review: "We have just done a review on the Ramos V85 touch screen bluetooth pmp. People say it is a clone of Giorgio Armani. As a reviewer I have to say V85 is really cool. It is just a small palm fitting with your hand. The touch screen has perfect sensitivity. Read more

Posted on Fri, 13 Jun 2008 18:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

CES 2008: LG.Philips LCD unveils 52-inch Multi-touch Screen

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LG Philips LCD will reveal a 52-inch Multi-touch Screen, 42-inch Transflective LCD, 47-inch Double Sided LCD and Multi-vision Displays at the CES 2008.

These new panels are aimed at commercial use for advertising displays and similar applications.

The LG.Philips LCD’s 52-inch multi-touch panel for public and interactive displays is not only the world’s largest, it is also one of the most responsive, able to recognize input from either a touch of a finger or more precise writing instruments. Read more

Posted on Mon, 31 Dec 2007 10:01:30 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG LG-KS20 HSDPA Touch Screen Smartphone launches in Europe

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LG Electronics announced the LG-KS20 HSDPA Windows touch screen smartphone at the IFA 2007 in Berlin. Today LG says that the KS20 is shipping in Europe just in time to 'spoil' the Apple iPhone launch this Friday November 9th.

Compatible with HSDPA networks, LG-KS20 allows you to enjoy the full benefits of 3.6Mbps high speed mobile internet, including downloading of music, video clips, and Windows Live content, as well as push e-mail. HSDPA technologies receive data at 3.6Mbps, which is over 7 times faster than the widely-used WCDMA phones. Read more

Posted on Mon, 5 Nov 2007 01:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LucidTouch Transparent Touch Screen Interface

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Scientists have developed a novel transparent touch screen interface dubbed LucidTouch.

This interesting user interface concept allows you to touch a display from behind. This avoids that your fingers obstruct the screen as it is the case with the iPhone or similar touch screen devices.

Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories and Microsoft Research constructed a prototype of this new touch screen concept. Read more

Posted on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 10:19:27 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG.Philips shows Multi-touch Screen and Triple View Display at IMID 2007

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At the IMID 2007 in Korea LG.Philips shows a 47 inch multi-touch display and a triple-view display solution.

Since the introduction of the Apple iPhone multi-touch displays are the new hype. A 47 inch multi-touch display can be used with both hands, which I imagine will be very engaging. Read more

Posted on Tue, 28 Aug 2007 06:00:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

Boris Becker touches Ralph Lauren Window Shopping Touch Screen

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Fashion label Ralph Lauren launched the first 24 hour interactive window shopping system in London.

Former German Tennis star Boris Becker is Ralph Lauren's brand ambassador and is shown in this photo using the touch screen shop. Read more

Posted on Fri, 22 Jun 2007 08:39:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

New Pantech IM-R200 offers an OLED Touch Screen Keypad

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Korean mobile phone manufacturer Pantech announces the IM-R200 handset.

The Pantech IM-R200 is dual-LCD sliding phone equipped with an OLED touch-sensitive screen.

The innovative OLED touch-screen keyboard reminds me on the much hyped Optimus OLED Keyboard. Pantech designed the virtual touch keypad with capacitive sensor technology. The screen even vibrates when pressed to give the user tactile feedback. The virtual keypad screen has a size of 1.6 inch and 260k colors.

Another feature that I did not hear about to be featured in a phone is the face recognition of the 2MP camera in the IM-R200. Read more

Posted on Wed, 9 May 2007 02:10:00 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr

No Touch, Touch Screen= Oxymoron?

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Touch screens are certainly cool when used in the right place. I’d like to see my old Razr go the way of the Dodo in favor of a nice touch screen phone.

Touch screen tech isn’t all that great for those who have used it to replace a PC mouse. The pointer never seems to go where you want it too. Another big side effect is that you end up with gobs of greasy fingerprints all over your screen. Read more

Posted on Tue, 20 Mar 2007 16:00:00 CDT | by Shane McGlaun

Estari 2-VU Dual Touch Screen Laptop

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Estari offers the 2-VU dual touch-screen portable computer.

The 2-VU folds like a Laptop but lacks an integrated keyboard. Estari provides a desktop stand that allows you to use the 2-VU like a dual-screen PC monitor. The Estari 2-VU runs Windows XP on a Intel Dual Core Processor 1.83ghz with 1GB RAM, 60GB HDD. Each touch screen is 15 inch in size.

The Estari 2-VU has definitely a high coolness factor. The US military was their first customer several years back. Now Estari offers their patented dual-screen portable computer to consumers. Read more

Posted on Tue, 13 Feb 2007 04:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG's Sweet New Touch Screen Phone

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LG has a really cool looking new phone that has no buttons and relies solely on a touch screen for entering data and phone numbers. The phone is called the LG KE850 and I can only hope that is doesn’t chare the woes of some other touch screen devices I have used in the past.

The biggest issue I have had with touch screen phones and devices is that the buttons are sometimes not that easy to push. There isn’t much in the way of specs on the phone available right now. Read more

Posted on Fri, 15 Dec 2006 15:15:45 CST | by Shane McGlaun

Lilliput CL8889NT 8 Inch Touch Screen LCD Review

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XYZ Computing reviews the Lilliput CL8889NT 8 inch Touch Screen LCD.

This touch screen looks like a nice choice to build your own Upravlator.

Quote from the review:
"The thought of a smaller monitor is something that is counter intuitive because, as display go, conventional thought would tell you that bigger is always better. A smaller display is also not something everyone would consider because Mini-ITX computers are getting quite powerful lately, so why pair a capable computer with a tiny monitor? These are decisions each user has to make on their own, but if you are looking for a small computer for your kitchen or living room, an 8" display might be perfect. Read more

Posted on Wed, 15 Nov 2006 09:00:00 CST | by Luigi Lugmayr

LG shows Small Touch Screen Portable Media Player

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LG presented at the Korea Electronics Show 2006 a small PMP with a 2.4 inch touch screen.

The slim player features 4GB of flash memory and plays music and video. Read more

Posted on Sat, 21 Oct 2006 10:02:50 CDT | by Luigi Lugmayr