Nov 25

Wireless USB keyboard / touchpad is more than the sum of its parts

Posted in: keyboard, Today's Chili, touchpad
A free PDA that came with a magazine subscription in 2002? An early Peek prototype? No, this is the humbly named USB Wireless Handheld Keyboard and Touchpad that’s now available from USB Geek, and it just might be the sort of device you never knew you were looking for. As the folks at CrunchGear have noted, while the device is simply being marketed as an all-in-one wireless touchpad and keyboard, it actually has all the makings of an ideal HTPC controller — not to mention an entirely reasonable price of $62. No multitouch, no LCD — just a plain old trackpad, a wireless USB dongle, and a QWERTY keypad that should be adequate enough for tweeting your reaction to the TV show remake du jour. Video after the break.

Update: And here comes a review!

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Nov 05

Ask Engadget: Best wireless touchpad / trackpad?

Posted in: AskEngadget, Features, multitouch, Today's Chili, touchpad

We know you’ve got questions, and if you’re brave enough to ask the world for answers, here’s the outlet to do so. This week’s Ask Engadget question is coming to us from Matt, who badly, badly needs to give his digits something to do on a trackpad whilst enjoying media from the couch.

“I’m looking for a wireless trackpad to use with my older (2.5 or so years old) C2D MacBook that’s perpetually docked to my home theater. Something sleek, thin, not too small, made of high quality materials. Ideally, it would natively support all of (Snow) Leopard’s multitouch inputs, and even more ideally, it would have a charging dock / base. I’m not a fan of using a mouse on my sofa, and this would be just the thing I’m looking for. The only problem is that I’m not sure that such a thing even exists. Think you can throw me a bone?”

Alright, so does such a thing really exist? Where can you procure one? Did Matt just give you the best DIY idea of all time?

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Oct 26

GlideTV Navigator gets a thorough hands-on and critiquing

Posted in: remote, remote control, RemoteControl, Today's Chili, touchpad, usb

If you’re not down with snapping up an HTPC-centric keyboard with an integrated trackpad or trackball, controlling the likes of Hulu, Boxee and ZeeVee’s Zinc TV viewer can be a real chore. Dave Zatz was able to wrap his paws around the problem-solving GlideTV Navigator, and while he deemed the actual remote trackpad “the best he’d ever used,” he couldn’t unequivocally say that this beauty was worth a buck-fifty. He also found that the remote could be used one-handed with a bit of practice, and he expressed understandable concern about this thing’s ability to stay functional as the software around it evolves. If you’ve been waffling on pulling the trigger here, you owe it to yourself to give the read link a look.

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Oct 13

GlideTV Navigator puts Media Center controls in the palm of your hand

Posted in: remote, remote control, RemoteControl, Today's Chili, touchpad, usb

Otherwise content users of Boxee or Hulu on the big screen in the living room, the tyranny of the keyboard and mouse may finally be over! GlideTV Navigator is a palm-sized remote control that features a trackpad and backlit AV buttons, just the thing to further enable your YouTube addiction beyond the confines of your computer nook. Works with Windows XP or Vista (we’re assuming there’s a Windows 7 version on tap as well), Mac OS X, and the Sony PS3, and the package includes a charging cradle and USB receiver. Sadly, the on-screen keyboard and integrated search apps are Windows only for the time being. Look to spend about $149 — but not before peeping the gallery below.

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Oct 10

Elecom’s USB numeric touch keypad does touch gestures on the side

Posted in: mouse, multitouch, Today's Chili, touch, touchpad

Elecom‘s USB-powered numeric touch keypad is pretty simple. You plug it into your machine, tap your digits on the board and watch the numbers appear in your calculator app. Once that gets boring, you can also use this as a secondary trackpad. And given that it supports a variety of multi gesture functions (zoom in / out, shift up / down, etc.), we’d say the secondary features here may just be more enticing than the primary. Suddenly overcome with a feeling of want? Get yours later this month for ¥6,500 ($72).

[Via Akihabara News]

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Sep 16

Wacom Bamboo multitouch tablet found at Best Buy, unboxed on video

Posted in: multitouch, tablet, Today's Chili, touchpad, unboxing

Need even more proof the Wacom Bamboo multitouch tablet is real? Apparently cued by one of our posts (or so he says), “weaksaucetwelve” ran out to his local Best Buy and picked up the device for the previously-heard price of $69 plus tax, and then proceeded to take it home and unbox it on camera. From his experience so far, it only seems to support up to two fingers at a time with OS X Leopard, but otherwise it works great. Video after the break.

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Aug 23

TRKBRD surface touchpad puts your weekend DIY project to shame, probably

Posted in: arduino, diy, Today's Chili, touchpad

It may not seem like much from this video, but Malmö University graduate student Rob Nero has assembled himself a surface-based touchpad using all Arduino products and “simple Algebra.” Dubbed TRKBRD, the device uses hyper-fast flashing LEDs and IR sensors to calculate the XY coordinates of the shadow, and subsequently the finger itself. We haven’t seen it hooked up to a computer just yet, but we hope there’s more to come. Videos of the successful trial run and some preliminary testing and wiring after the break.

[Via Make: Online]

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Jul 27

Video: Arduino-powered touchpad mimics iPod volume control

Posted in: arduino, diy, hack, homebrew, ipod, mod, modding, Today's Chili, touchpad

We’ve seen every manner of touchpad — multitouch, gesture recognition, no touch, LCD trackpads — if you can think of it, somebody has probably done a version of it. Take this particular one for example, which just might rank below even the touchscreen GBA in terms of practical usefulness — though, it’s not as if utility is a prerequisite of joviality, right? If you’ve been neglecting that DIY muscle of late, you owe it to yourself to check out the video beyond the break, which shows that a humble touchpad can learn new tricks. Oh, and if you feel extra inspired, the read link contains another video plus the necessary code for making the light show happen. Don’t say we never gave you anything.

[Via Hack A Day]

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Jul 19

Tsera thinks it owns the touchpad, sues pretty much everyone to prove it

Posted in: Apple, lawsuit, Microsoft, Today's Chili, touchpad

Do you have any idea where you head when you’d like to sue everyone on the face of the planet, make yourself look like a Class-A fool and get a mention right here? The Eastern District of Texas (Tyler) District court, that’s where. The freshest meshuggeneh to head on down there and start trouble is Tsera, who’s claiming that Apple, Microsoft, LG, Philips, Bang & Olufsen, iriver, Coby, Cowon and even Meizu are violating a patent that it owns. Said patent is titled “Methods and apparatus for controlling a portable electronic device using a touchpad,” and evidently each of the aforesaid outfits have failed to pay Tsera for using its technology. Before you get all bent out of shape, you should realize that this case — in all likelihood — will simply be tossed out or settled away from the courtroom, but you can bet your bottom dollar that Tsera’s never gonna be satisfied. Or taken seriously.

[Via The Register]

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Jun 02

Synaptics shows off new MacBook-style “ClickPad” multitouch trackpads for netbooks

Posted in: multitouch, netbook, netbooks, Today's Chili, touchpad, windows 7, Windows7

Synaptics has always been quick to pick up the latest innovation in the multitouch space — whether its own functionality, or something Apple’s brewed up. This latest innovation is squarely in the latter category, with new ClickPad trackpads offering that love-it-or-hate-it buttonless design of the new MacBooks and MacBook Pros (pictured). Synaptics is targeting the new pads at netbooks, which many manufacturers have had trouble fitting regular clickers onto. ClickPads work with Synaptic’s latest Gesture Suite 9.1, which includes all the regulars, along with three-finger flick and three-finger press, which lets you start up your computer along with up to six predetermined startup apps. SGS 9.1 is also officially Windows 7 ready, and will be available in OEM systems out of the gate.

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