Details on an upcoming 21.5-inch multitouch monitor from Dell has opened up the possibility a multi-finger gestures upgrade for those not wanting to change their entire PC. The Dell SX2210T was spotted in among the manufacturer’s online documentation, and is poised to take advantage of Windows 7’s multitouch support.
The tech world waits with baited breath for Barnes and Noble’s dual-display ebook reader, expected to see an announcement today, but e-paper manufacturers aren’t resting on their laurels. AUO have two new milestones today: their first 6-inch flexible e-paper display, and the world’s first 20-inch Electrophoretic Display (EPD) panel, the largest ready for mass production.
I have seen more than a few weird clocks in my day and most of them had to do with waking people up who tend to oversleep. I had a clock when I was a kid that you had to throw to turn the alarm off. My mom took it away after I broke some pictures in my room and used my brother’s head as a target a few times. Ponoko has a line of clock like devices that you have to manually change the time on.
In an ideal world someone would read this and send me a monome of my own to play with, but the button-encrusted control surfaces are in short supply (and not too cheap). Since controlling music isn’t the sole use of a monome, but still the task most people connect them with, some owners are pushing forward their DIY projects showing that a monome can be pretty much anything you have the imagination for: here, Robert Böhnke repurposes his as a low-res Twitter display.
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Barnes and Noble’s kudos for apparently scoring a color ebook reader for 2010 might have been shot down in flames after Plastic Logic roundly denied any such intentions, but their cool-factor could be easily restored should the device you see here be what’s on the cards for an imminent announcement. According to Gizmodo, you’re looking at B&N’s dual-display ebook reader, with a monochrome e-ink panel on top and a smaller, color multitouch panel (like the iPhone’s) underneath.
Sony may not have made any significant changes to their flexible OLED laptop concept since we saw it first at CES back in January, but the sleek prototype is so alluring that SlashGear Japan couldn’t walk past it at CEATEC this week without grabbing a photo. Intended to showcase the potential of ultra-thin OLED touchscreens, the concept combines both display and keyboard into a single, flexible layer.
Kohjinsha’s dinky swivel-screened MID, the PA-series, isn’t the only unusual rotation happening on the company’s stand at CEATEC. They’re also showing off this dual-screen beast, currently in prototype form, packing twin 10.1-inch LCDs for some mobile widescreen action. SlashGear Japan stopped by to grab some live photos for us.
Sometimes the most obvious answers are the ones you should avoid at all cost, else dwell in a gimmick pit for all eternity. Unfortunately that memo doesn’t appear to have reached TruView, whose Digital Photo Album actually mimicks the form-factor of a traditional album only with dual 8-inch LCD displays.
We’ve a soft-spot for USB-connecting mini LCD displays – they’re a nifty way to get Photoshop toolbars, IM windows, Twitter apps and other windows off your main display but keep them readily visible – so we’re glad to see more options hitting the market. DoubleSight have three sub-displays to choose from, starting from the 7-inch DS-70U and then breaking into the hitherto unusual 9-inch segment with the DS-90U and DS-90UC.
ASUS’ endearingly slim Designo MS series LCD displays are headed to the UK, the company have confirmed, with prices for the 16.5mm thick monitors around the £244 mark ($400). According to Electricpig, that will probably get you the 23.6-inch model, the MS246, which offers 1080p HD resolution.
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