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New models from Sony’s VAIO series will be released beginning on May 18. This included 3 touch panel Fit models and 1 non-touch panel Fit model, as well as the latest version of the Duo 11, featuring the “Surf Slider” tablet/laptop sliding display and digitizer stylus pen.

VAIO Fit 15, 2 models:

SVF15A18CJS, B, P – About ¥180,000
– Intel Core i7-3537U Processor (2GHz)
– 15.5 inch full HD (1920×1080) display
– Memory: 8GB, HDD: Hybrid HDD 1TB
– Windows 8 64 bit
– Color: silver, black, pink
– Touch panel

SVF15A17CJS, B, P – About ¥165,000
– Intel Core i5-3337U Processor (1.80GHz)
– 15.5 inch full HD (1920×1080) display
– Memory: 8GB, HDD: Hybrid HDD 1TB
– Windows 8 64 bit
– Color: silver, black, pink
– Touch panel

VAIO Fit 14:

SVF14A19CJS, B, P – About ¥150,000
– Intel Core i3-3227U Processor (1.90GHz)
– 14 inch (1600×900) display
– Memory: 4GB, HDD: Hybrid HDD 1TB
– Windows 8 64 bit
– Color: silver, black, pink
– Touch panel

VAIO Fit 15E:

SVF15217CJW, B – About ¥105,000
– Intel Pentium 2117U Processor (1.80GHz)
– 15.5 inch (1366×768) display
– Memory: 4GB, HDD: HDD 1TB
– Windows 8 64 bit
– Color: white, black
– Non-touch panel

VAIO Duo 11:

SVD11239CJS, B – About ¥160,000
– Intel Core i5-3337U Processor (1.80GHz)
– By sliding a display, you can use it as both tablet and laptop (Surf Slider style)
– It comes with a digitizer stylus pen
– 11.6 inch full HD(1920×1080) display
– Memory: 6GB, SSD: 128GB
– Windows 8 64 bit
– Colors: silver, black

As is all the rage right now, Vizio is upgrading its lineup to support Windows 8’s more touch-centric UI. The company’s 24-inch and 27-inch all-in-one PCs will receive touch panels, resulting in a price bump to $998 for the base 24-incher with Ivy Bridge and Kepler internals, 1920 x 1080 display and 500GB hard drive. Meanwhile, Vizio’s Ultrabooks — both the 14-inch and 15.6-inch models — and its heftier 15.6-inch Full HD notebook will all get “enhanced multi-gesture touchpads” that will allow exactly the same swipes, taps and pinches as a touchscreen. These laptops will start at $849 for the smaller Ultrabook and $1,129 for the notebook. Expect the whole lot to arrive as part of the late October crush.

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Vizio preps for Windows 8: all-in-one PCs get touchscreens, notebooks get ‘enhanced’ touchpads originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 11 Oct 2012 08:00:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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It’s been a long time since we’ve seen any new blood refreshing Logitech’s line of universal remotes, but after indications of new devices on the way in an earnings call earlier this year tipster Andrew spotted this brand new Harmony Touch on store shelves. Arriving at Best Buy unheralded by any official announcement or specs so far, the box shots and list of features show the ability to control 15 different devices and (of course) that center mounted touchscreen. There’s no mention of it on the Logitech site either, however one leaked blog post we spotted referred to this device and a Harmony Plus.

As our friends at Tech of the Hub note, the Touch clearly draws a lot of its heritage from the Harmony One and 1100 touchscreen remotes although to have ditched the dedicated Activity button for “one touch” control. The touchscreen itself supports both taps and swipes as well as up to 50 customizable channel icons, and the box lists both online setup and on-remote customization as features. According to Andrew it’s rocking a price tag of $249 — $50 above the current price of the Harmony One but $100 shy of the RF-equipped Harmony 900 — hopefully we’ll find out soon if what Logitech has added this time around makes it worth the wait.

Update: Another one of our readers, Zachary also saw it at Best Buy and bought one, check out a few out of the box pics in the gallery below, and drop any questions about its capabilities in the comments. He’s digging it so far, saying that the touchscreen is responsive and it found icons for his area quickly, with options to change background, LCD brightness and screen timeout. There does not appear to be any RF support however, so it’s IR control only.

[Thanks, Andrew]

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Logitech Harmony Touch remote pops up unannounced at Best Buy (Update: Pictures) originally appeared on Engadget on Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:13:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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If you can’t wait until next year to see the future for RIM, N4BB has obtained what it claims is a picture on the BlackBerry 10 L-Series, aka London. The screenshot shows a launcher pane full of app icons including BBM, Facebook, Maps and StoryMaker, which could be an iMovie-style video editor. Other leaks, including one from a video posted by BlackberryItalia.it (embedded after the break), indicate it could pack a removable 1800mAh LS1 battery and will be gunmetal colored. Of course, we don’t know how far along the software is on this unit compared to the ones we had hands-on experience with, but if you’re committed to sticking with the team from Waterloo then any news is likely welcome.

Update: CrackBerry has a more revealing version of the image now seen above, which surfaced in its forums and on Instagram.

[Thanks, John]

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BlackBerry 10 L-Series all-touchscreen phone caught on camera originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 03 Sep 2012 23:42:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Microsoft has lately become big on touchscreens — sometimes, really big — which makes it only natural that the company would want to explore Windows 8’s on-screen keyboard in detail. As User Experience team member Kit Knox explains, the company has made an about-face from the days of unceremoniously foisting touch on a desktop OS. Windows 8’s keyboard is not only optimized for fingers, but accommodates the little subtleties that others might miss, like the typical postures for tablet use and our tendencies to frequently hit certain wrong keys. The crew at Redmond ultimately hopes to bring out all the advantages of touchscreen keyboards while reminding us of some creature comforts from old-fashioned physical buttons. The surest way to understand Microsoft’s keyboard research will likely be to pick up a Surface tablet this fall, but those of us who can’t wait to put fingers on real glass can hop over to Knox’s all-encompassing overview at the source link.

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Microsoft delves into Windows 8 touchscreen keyboard design, wants us to be extra-comfy originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 17 Jul 2012 15:52:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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