Mar 01

Wacom Launches Cintiq 21UX Interactive Pen Display

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Wacom announced that it has redesigned its pro-level 21UX interactive pen display. The new version will keep the same model name; as before, it’s designed around a 21.3-inch UXGA (1600-by-1200-pixel) panel with a 17-by-12.75-inch active pen area.
The included pen sports the company’s new Tip Sensor technology, which now begins to work with just one gram of starting pressure. The 21UX’s pen will also support 2048 different pressure levels, doubles the resolution of its pressure curve, and features enhanced accuracy for controlling line weights and opacity adjustments. The pen also includes a pressure-sensitive eraser and two programmable side buttons.
Meanwhile, the surface includes two user-defined, four-function Touch Strip Toggle buttons and an illuminated LED along the perimeter. A new weighted pen stand and an all-black color scheme complete the new design, which will land in April for $1999.
We last reviewed the Cintiq 21UX in 2006; stay tuned for a full review of the new model.
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Mar 01

Studio 1558 Touch sneaks into Dell catalog with Core i5

Posted in: leak, multitouch, Today's Chili, touchscreen

Well looky here: an unannounced Studio Touch laptop making its debut on page 5 of Dell’s on-line catalog. The Studio 1558 Touch is flanked by the multitouch Studio 17 Touch. You won’t find any details about the 1558 on Dell’s website or retail channels so what you see above is what you get: Core i5 processor underpinning a Windows 7 Home Premium OS and 320GB hard disk for a $999 starting price. Expect this one to get official soon enough.

[Thanks, Erik D.]

Studio 1558 Touch sneaks into Dell catalog with Core i5 originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:33:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Mar 01

Keepin’ it real fake, part CCLVII: iPad meets Windows 7, sparks fly

Posted in: Apple, apple ipad, AppleIpad, capacitive, ipad, kirf, Microsoft, slate, tablet, tablet pc, TabletPc, Today's Chili, touchscreen, windows 7, Windows7

It would seem like we’ve recalled our editor from Shenzhen a little prematurely. The land of Yao has gone and answered all the iPad’s critics in resounding style: TESO’s 10-inch clone tablet features a full-blown Windows 7 install (check), 1024×600 capacitive touchscreen display (check), HDMI output (check), a 1.66GHz Atom N450 (vroom vroom!), 1GB of DDR2 RAM, GPS, 3G, and a 3,000mAh battery. Yep, it’s a netbook sans the keyboard, and it might weigh 1.2kg while stretching to a portly 2cm thickness, but are you really gonna let a few well-rounded edges get in the way of experiencing a grown-up desktop OS on that tablet you so desperately need? Couple more pics await after the break.

Update: 9to5Mac has alerted us to the fact that this clone seems to be sporting the same front plate as the one purported to belong to the iPad in the days before its release. Good to know all the engineering that went into inflating the iPhone’s bezel up to 10 inches didn’t go to waste.

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Keepin’ it real fake, part CCLVII: iPad meets Windows 7, sparks fly originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 01 Mar 2010 06:22:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 26

Haleron’s 7-inch iLet Mini HAL costs $199, ships March 1

Posted in: 7-inch, Android, android tablet, AndroidOs, AndroidTablet, handheld, tablet, tablet pc, TabletPc, Today's Chili, touchscreen

Want a tablet computer sans all the brand loyalty drama and eye-opening prices? Haleron‘s got just the thing for you with its iLet Mini HAL. Its humble spec brings only a 600MHz VIA CPU and 128MB of DDR2 RAM to the table, but it runs Android 1.6 and if all you want is a tablet to access the web with, do you really need more? Additionally, the onboard 2GB of flash storage is augmented with 10GB of cloud storage and the cheap expandability that’s on offer via flash memory cards or USB drives. The iLet Mini HAL costs $199 with shipping starting next week, and we’ve been reliably informed that there’ll be no additional charges no matter how many poor Space Odyssey jokes you decide to make.

Haleron’s 7-inch iLet Mini HAL costs $199, ships March 1 originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 26 Feb 2010 11:16:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 24

PTPT touchscreen interface sounds little, could be huge (video)

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PTPT touchscreen interface sounds little, could be huge (video)

We’ve been working with mice and keyboards for so long, clicking on the same ‘ol icons and typing in the same ‘ol boxes, that it’s nice to see something fresh come along — even if it looks a little cumbersome to use. Such is PTPT, pronounced “petite petite,” a concept touchscreen interface from ExB, a company that focuses on text input prediction. The input starts with three icons representing people, things, and places, and then the top bar represents time. You can, for example, long-touch on the people icon, select an individual person, and then drag them up to a specific time to get e-mails from that person. Or, you can drag that person icon down to things to see pictures of them. Or, drag the pictures “thing” up to a time to see pictures from that time, or…. well, you get the picture. There’s an expository video below that will help you tie it all together, one that we’d advise watching — if only because this probably won’t be showing up on a tablet anytime soon.

Update: JimboJones commented to let us know that those with a proclivity for touching and dragging can sign up to be a beta tester here.

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PTPT touchscreen interface sounds little, could be huge (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 24

Neonode’s zForce Pad multitouch display panel set to rock the world

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Neonode's zForce Pad multitouch display panel set to rock the world
Neonode has been keeping busy over the past few years, getting into the GPS game, smartphones, and even an e-reader touchscreen. Today it’s a touchscreen of a different type, or rather a range of them, multitouch LCDs spanning from 5- to 13-inches. The suite is being demonstrated in a concept reference design called the zForce Pad, highlighting its relative thinness compared to competing products. The company is also highlighting the screen’s lack of a touch-sensitive layer, meaning there’s less sitting between you and your pixels — except glass, of course. Neonode is also happy to point out that this non-resistive, non-capacitive touchscreen is being adopted by “Asian companies” but won’t tell us which or when they’ll be releasing product based on it. Cheeky.

Neonode’s zForce Pad multitouch display panel set to rock the world originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 24

NVTouch Surface Computer gets you into the multitouch table game for a scant $70k

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Want to get all multitouchy with a large-screened table without buying into the Microsoft Surface ecosystem? Are you independently wealthy and a bit of a bring-your-own-x nerd type? Oh, good. The folks at NVision Solutions and Intuilab have teamed up to build the “durable” rear projection NVTouch Surface Computer, which retails for around $70,000. The unit is built around off-the-shelf components like a projector, desktop PC and standard video card, and can be upgraded and customized by NVision or the buyer. Obviously this is centered around commercial applications where buyers are going to be building highly custom apps, but Intuilab has some pretty great concept apps already built for the table as a bit of a jumping off point.

NVTouch Surface Computer gets you into the multitouch table game for a scant $70k originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 03:24:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 23

Toshiba Portege M780 marries Core i7 with tablet ergonomics, goes official

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What would we ever do without our eagle-eyed readers? Bob has spotted the above M780 tablet PC from Toshiba (which we first heard of a couple of weeks ago) on the company’s official site, though its product page has yet to be linked to from any of the home pages. So it’s official, but sort of prematurely so. Browsing through the spec sheet, this update to the M750 seems to lack for nothing, as its maxed out variant (priced at $1,799) offers a 2.66GHz Core i7-620M, 4GB of DDR3 RAM and a 7200RPM 320GB hard drive. Okay, you could stand to upgrade those integrated graphics perhaps, but it’s a potent package nonetheless. It’s also interesting to see these 12-inch convertible tablets maturing to the point of offering viable workstation performance, as the M780 is joined by Lenovo’s ThinkPad X201T and Fujitsu’s upcoming tablet in offering Intel’s finest and fastest dual-core processor inside.

[Thanks, Bob]

Update: Toshiba has completed the ceremonies of officialdom now, with a full press release, which also notes the addition of a multitouch panel to the Satellite Pro U500.

Toshiba Portege M780 marries Core i7 with tablet ergonomics, goes official originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 23 Feb 2010 06:37:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Feb 23

LG’s in-cell multitouch laptop displays get unveiled, certified with Windows 7 Touch Logo (video)

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Want evidence for the old saying that there’s always something next to wait around for with technology? We’ve only just reviewed the most bodacious X200 Tablet from Lenovo, yet already there’s a capacitive multitouch display that promises to be that little bit better. LG’s in-cell multitouch technology places the touchy-feely parts inside — rather than as a film on top of — the LCD panel, which we’re told eliminates the loss of picture quality and brightness that regular multitouch results in. It only works with two fingers so far, but LG is still pretty pleased with itself for being the first to gain the Windows 7 Touch Logo sticker with this technology, which was previously limited to cellphone-sized displays. Mass production is set for the second half of this year, and we’ll go ahead and assume that local nemesis Samsung will be using every moment until then to offer its own competing models. Bring on the marginally better touchscreens! We’ve now got a video for you as well, you know where to find it.

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Feb 22

Liquavista demos its color e-paper display with a new QWERTY-equipped dev kit (video)

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You’ll be forgiven for just glazing over during CES and ignoring all those ebook readers that were raining down, but Liquavista‘s attempt at marrying the endurance of e-paper with the desirability of color is well worth another look. The company has now furnished its LiquavistaColor dev kit with a QWERTY keyboard and also recruited Texas Instruments into the fold, whose OMAP system-on-a-chip is doing the grunt work under the hood. The video after the break indicates that touchscreen interaction is also planned, but the most impressive thing has to be the total lack of any redrawing pauses, which may be the considered the biggest drawback to the many E Ink devices out there. For the more conventional monochromatic crowd, we’ve also grabbed video of the LiquavistaBright, which replicates the rapid refresh skills, but omits the keyboard and OMAP in favor of a more compact form factor and Freescale iMX5x hardware. Slide past the break to see it all.

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