Microsoft, Apple, TechCrunch, Archos, and a fair number of other companies are throwing some weight behind the tablet concept. And I’ve been pretty skeptical for one major reason: text input. The idea of a handheld device without a physical keyboard for surfing the web, reading eBooks, and watching video seems like a good idea, until […]
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Asus Eee PC T91MT multi-touch convertible netbook on its way
I have to say, Asus has the strangest ways of accidentally announcing upcoming products. The company hasn’t officially announced the 12 inch Eee PC 1201N with NVIDIA ION graphics yet, but it showed up on a Chinese retail web site the other day. Today European stores began listing the Eee PC 1001HA which appears to […]
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Jolicloud operating system unlocks multitouch gestures on Eee PC 701 – Video
Most Asus Eee PC netbooks with 9 and 10 inch displays include multitouch gesture support for the touchpad. In other words, you can scroll up and down or left and right by placing two fingers on the keyboard, and you can simulate a right-click by tapping the screen with 3 fingers. But the 7 inch […]
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Multitouch support coming to Linux netbooks – Video
Microsoft is baking support for multitouch gestures into Windows 7, and that means we’re likely to see a growing number of laptops, all-in-one dekstops, and netbooks with capacitive touchscreen displays starting in the second half of 2009. But it looks like the fun isn’t going to be strictly limited to Windows. because a group of […]
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Ocular Crystal Touch netbook displays add gesture support for $22 and up
As expected, Ocular has begun demonstrating its latest capacitive touchscreen displays with sizes ranging from 3.5 inches to 10.1 inches. The company says prices for the screens will start as low as $22, which means it shouldn’t cost too much extra for netbook makers to throw one of these little guys into existing or upcoming […]
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Asus Eee PC T91 touchscreen netbook may support multitouch?
Asus is showing off the Eee PC T91 with a convertible touchscreen tablet design at Computex. No surprise there. The company’s been demonstrating this netbook at trade shows since CES in January. But here’s a bit of news: It looks like the netbook may include a capacitive screen capable of registering more than one touch […]
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Another Taiwanese touch panel maker jumps into netbook game
When people ask me what the future holds for netbooks, a few things jump to mind: faster processors, longer battery life, a continued blurring of the lines between full sized laptops and mini-laptops in terms of price and performance. But one of the other majro trends that’s developing in 2009 is the launch of touchscreen […]
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Eee PC 701 with a multitouch display – Video
We’re starting to see netbook makers including Asus and Gigabyte produce mini-laptops with touchscreen displays. But one thing we haven’t really seen yet is netbooks with multitouch displays. But Johannes from Eee PC.de did spot something unusual at CeBIT: an Asus Eee PC 701 with a multitouch screen. There are at least two reasons this is […]
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Noahpad adds multi-touch, still looks crazy
E-Lead’s Noahpad has what can only be described as the strangest design of all the low cost ultraportable computers I’ve seen over the last few months. It’s about the same size and shape as an Asus Eee PC, but the Noahpad has a virtual keyboard that doubles as a trackpad. Press a button and you […]