Oct 21

HP unleashes Compaq L2105tm touchscreen, multitouch monitor

Posted in: Displays, HP, monitor, multitouch, Today's Chili, touchscreen, windows 7, Windows7

HP’s just rather quietly announced a new display hot on the heels of tomorrow’s Windows 7 launch. This 21.5-inch, 1080p bad boy boasts an optical multitouch panel with one finger scrolling and two finger mousing capabilities. Stylus fans will also be overjoyed to hear that the Compaq L2105tm has a stylus of its own that tucks into the side of the monitor when not in use. HP is calling this one the first “Windows 7 certified” monitor, meaning you should be able to pull it right out of the box, plug it in and get moving. The Compaq L2105tm will be available tomorrow for $299. Full press release is after the break.

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Oct 21

Gigabyte T1028X and M1022X netbooks launch in Japan, Win 7 in tow

Posted in: laptop, netbook, notebook, tablet, Today's Chili, touchscreen

In anticipation of the Thursday’s launch, the crazy kids at Gigabyte Japan have refreshed two of their netbook lineup to include Windows 7 Starter. Unfortunately for the T1028X tablet we’ve been tracking for a while now, this flavor of the OS doesn’t support multitouch. While that makes a touchscreen far less attractive in our eyes, maybe you’re into that sort of thing. Who knows? That said, new OS aside, you’re pretty much looking at the same old netvertible. Also on tap, the M1022X brings the M1022M docking netbook up to speed, adding a 6 cell battery (boasting 8 hours of use) to the 10.1-inch, Atom N280-powered ultraportable. Look for that one to retail for ¥66,800 ($738) while the T1028X fetches ¥72,800 ($804).

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Oct 20

Dell SX2210T adds touchscreen functionality to 1080p panel (Update: multitouch!)

Posted in: leak, monitor, multitouch, screen, Today's Chili, touchscreen, usb, windows 7, Windows7

You asked, questioned and implored — why, with all these underpowered touchscreen all-in-ones prowling our lands, can we not get a decent standalone touchscreen monitor? Well, somebody somewhere listened, and somebody else, presumably elsewhere, leaked. Presenting the entirely unofficial, but all the same real, Dell SX2210T: a 1920 x 1080 21.5-inch panel that has HDMI and DVI inputs alongside an integrated 2 megapixel webcam and microphone for your Skyping convenience. If its 1,000:1 contrast ratio and 2ms grey-to-grey response time sound familiar, it’s because the non-touch sensitive SX2210 has been available for a while already. From the support documentation we’re looking at, you’ll need to hook up an extra USB connection for the touch interface, which doesnt appear to be multitouch, but we can always hope for a miraculous firmware update down the line, right?

Update: More info has surfaced on this monitor, which can now be purchased for $469 from Dell’s online store, and will come with multtitouch panning and zooming when attached to a Windows 7 machine.

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Oct 19

LG BL40 New Chocolate review

Posted in: bluetooth, capacitive, cellphone, feature, Features, LG, pictures, review, Today's Chili, touchscreen, video, wifi


You know the deal by now: we grab a slab of fresh new hardware, fiddle, play, and tinker with it until exhaustion or boredom is reached, then wax poetic about the whole experience, with a side serving of pictures and videos thrown in. Today’s candidate for a grilling is LG’s BL40, which is now available in Europe. You’ll be familiar with it already from our hands-on look last month, but do join us over at Engadget Mobile where we explore what’s under the glossy hood in more detail, and give you a definitive answer on just how useful that elongated screen really is.

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Oct 17

Nokia’s 5230 inches closer to release, gets spied along the way

Posted in: in the wild, InTheWild, nokia, pics, pictures, smartphone, symbian, Today's Chili, touchscreen

Nokia’s 5230 isn’t apt to blow any minds with the likes of the HD2, Droid and XPERIA X3 on the horizon, but for those perfectly content with a touchscreen-based Symbian S60 5th Edition handset, this one sure looks purty. After dipping its toes in the FCC’s expansive database just last month, a crop of new in the wild shots have surfaced to show off its 3.2-inch display (640 x 360), 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0+EDR module and variety of colorful backs. Hit the read link for more pixels if you’re so inclined, and feel free to take the “January 2010” release date in with a dose of NaCl.

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Oct 16

Movie Gadget Friday: Code 46

Posted in: feature, Features, film, Movies, Today's Chili, touchscreen

Ariel Waldman contributes Movie Gadget Friday, where she highlights the lovable and lame gadgets from the world of cinema.

On our last visit, we examined the computer hacking fantasies of 1980’s adolescents in Weird Science. Skipping on from software-engineered babes to a bio-engineered society, this week we investigate the gadgets in the human-clone-saturated cities of Code 46. Though most of the futuristic technology in this 2003 film is in the form of mind-altering viruses, the everyday devices used by Tim Robbins and Samantha Morton slightly stretch today’s technical specs in true sci-fi form.

Memory Videobook

Preventing scrapbooks from being left behind as primitive forms of experience archiving, this gadget combines the cheap plastic form of photo-books with a relatively thin interactive screen. The device captures first-person memories from a user in the form of lossy video (alas, the specs behind memory capturing have yet to be released, much to our irritation). Playback and fast-forward/rewind are enabled through basic scrolling gestures on either the corner of the video or the opposing soft-acrylic, touch-sensitive finger pad. Similar to Americhip’s video-in-print technology, the memory videobook appears to use a TFT LCD, but with a far more outstanding resolution. While this memory scrapbook device is far from chic, we kind of respect that it stays true to its historical laminated, cutesy form despite the high tech modifications. More after the break.

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Oct 16

Archos 5 firmware 1.1.01 rights all wrongs?

Posted in: Android, archos, handheld, MID, PMP, tablet, Today's Chili, touchscreen

Charbax of ArchosFans.com reports that the majority of issues encountered by early adopters of the Android-equipped Archos 5 Internet Tablet (not to be confused with the older Internet Media Tablet, ugh) have been remedied by the caped crusader that is firmware revision 1.1.01. Forum members do seem to corroborate that the previously habitual lockups are no more, but the complex update procedure has already (probably temporarily) bricked one user’s device, while another still has random disconnects when transferring files from his PC under the new firmware. Still, if you’ve been among the unfortunate victims of the sloppy original software, this is a ray of light for you, and the read link — featuring input from a source within Archos — should be considered required reading.

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Oct 15

Research In Motion Announces BlackBerry Storm 2

Posted in: BlackBerry, Phones, research in motion, RIM, Today's Chili, touchscreen

blackberry-storm-2Research In Motion has announced an updated version of its touchscreen phone, the Storm 2. The latest BlackBerry handset promises a better display and wireless connectivity. And like its predecessor, the Storm 2 will be available on the Verizon network.

RIM launched the first Storm phone in November last year. The device met with some very harsh reviews from critics who derided the phone’s poor touchscreen, glitchy software and lack of Wi-Fi connectivity. Yet the Storm sold more than one million devices in just about two months after the launch.

With Storm 2, RIM seems to have taken note some of the criticism. Here are two things that it has improved on in the device.

  • Touchscreen: The biggest criticism against the first generation Storm phone was its touchscreen. RIM claimed that the screen would offer the ‘click’  feedback of a physical keyboard but most users found the touchscreen difficult to use.  A Wall Street Journal review of the Storm 2 says the new touchscreens are better. The device now “allows for faster, smoother typing,” says the review.
  • Wireless connectivity:  In a rather puzzling move, the original Storm phone didn’t support Wi-Fi. And since the Storm was billed as a smartphone, it seriously crippled the device. RIM seems to have fixed that with built-in Wi-Fi connectivity in the Storm 2.

RIM hasn’t disclosed pricing or availability for the phone. But it is likely to launch it in the U.S. next month for under $200 with a two-year contract. The Storm 2 will be available on the Vodafone network in Europe.

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Oct 14

Switched On: Microsoft’s touchy subjects

Posted in: column, Features, Microsoft, switched on, SwitchedOn, tablet pc, TabletPc, Today's Chili, touch, touchscreen, windows 7, Windows Mobile, windows mobile 6.5, windows phone, Windows7, WindowsMobile, WindowsMobile6.5, WindowsPhone, zune, zune hd, ZuneHd

Ross Rubin (@rossrubin) contributes Switched On, a column about consumer technology.

As CEO of Microsoft, Bill Gates would often talk about his dream of “information at your fingertips.” The company he co-founded, though, is now taking literal steps toward that goal. By the end of the month, Microsoft will have released three new devices or platforms that embrace or extend touchscreen support — but the impact touch will have on each varies significantly by their legacy, usage, and manufacturers.

Windows has long had touchscreen support. Such support, in fact, was the basis of the Tablet Edition of Windows XP, and Tablet PCs were proclaimed to be the future of notebooks. Early iterations were larger and thicker keyboard-lacking slates much like the new Archos 9pctablet. But this was before rampant Web browsing, streaming video, casual games and electronic books — all of which now provide relevance for a new generation of touchscreen PCs as content-consumption devices.

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Oct 14

Toshiba announces touchscreen notebooks, netbooks for Windows 7 launch

Posted in: laptop, multitouch, netbook, satellite, Today's Chili, Toshiba, touchscreen, windows 7, Windows7

Toshiba’s just announced a couple new lappies — and a whole host of refreshes — in anticipation of the Windows 7 launch later this month. The big news here is definitely the touchscreen models: The Satellite U505 (due out November 1) is a 13.3-inch, 5 lb device with an MSRP of $1,049.99, while the Satellite M505 (street date October 22) has 14.4-inches of real estate and an MSRP of $949.99. Both come with the touch-ready LifeSpace software package that includes Bulletin Board (some sort of organizer with to-do lists, calendars and the like), and ReelTime, which apparently “helps you find files based on when they were opened using a visual history.” Tosh is promising to ship Windows 7 devices with minimal software running in the background — which is important if you want to retain performance increases that the new OS might provide over Vista.

Also included in this batch of lappies are new Satellite A500s (optional Blu-ray, Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Turion II Ultra CPU, discrete graphics options, a 16-inch HD Edge-to-Edge display on select models, starts at $589.99), Satellite L500 Series (displays ranging from 14 to 17.3-inch, Turion II and Athlon II CPU, hard drives up to 500GB, starting prices range from $504.99 to $579.99), Satellite P500 Series (18.4-inch HD TruBrite display, Intel Core 2 Duo or AMD Turion II processors, Blu-ray in some models, starting at $799.99), Satellite L500 Series (up to 17.3-inch display, up to 500GB HDD, and various processor options, starting at $504.99), the Qosmio X505 with an 18.4-inch display and optional 64GB SSD / 320GB HDD dual-drive configuration priced at $1,899.99, and finally the mini NB205, a 10.1-inch netbook with a nine hour battery life, up to 250GB HDD, and five fabulous finishes including Sable Brown, Frost White, Indigo Blue, Posh Pink and Onyx Black (starting at $399.99). PR after the break.

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