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Sony VAIO L Touch HD PC/TV multitouch all-in-one debuts

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 8th 2009 No Comments

“Touch me, touch me” sang 80s legend Samantha Fox, “I want to feel your body,” and while the intentions of Sony’s new VAIO L Series of touchscreen desktops may be different, the sentiment is just the same. Announced alongside the skinny VAIO X, the L Series is being pushed – like other big-screen all-in-one PCs in Sony’s past – as a hybrid HDTV and computer, though with its 24-inch 1920 x 1080 display, optional Blu-ray and optional TV tuners we suppose it does have more of a claim than most. As for the touchscreen, that’s used not only for Windows 7’s multitouch functionality but to control Sony’s own Media Gallery DVR app.

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Getac V100 Tablet PC gets glove-friendly multitouch display

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Oct 7th 2009 No Comments

Ruggedized PC manufacturer Getac have announced a multitouch upgrade to their suitably-sturdy V100 Tablet PC; however, while they may not be the first to throw multi-finger control into the mixture, their Windows 7 compatible display uses resistive rather than capacitive technology. While capacitive touchscreens – such as found on the iPhone – are fashionable right now, resistive touchscreens have the benefit of working with gloved fingers.

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LBook T9 multitouch Windows 7 slate tipped for $350 in March

By Chris Davies on Wednesday, Oct 7th 2009 1 Comment

lbook t9 tablet pc LBook have been quietly selling ebook devices for a while now, but the company is hoping to make a splash into the multitouch tablet market next year with their T9. The LBook T9 is an Intel Atom-based 8.9-inch slate running Windows 7, and is tipped to arrive in March 2010 with a price tag in the $350 to $375 region. If they can pull that off, it’s an excellent price for a 12.7mm-thick sofa surfer.

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Gateway One ZX6800 and ZX4800 multitouch Win 7 all-in-ones

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 6th 2009 No Comments

Gateway have unveiled two new all-in-one PCs, which each run Windows 7 and offer multitouch-capable touchscreen displays. The Gateway One ZX6800 and ZX4800 have a 23-inch 1920 x 1080 and 20-inch 1,600 x 900 display respectively, and as well as Windows 7’s finger-enhancements the company has also loaded them up with various music, photo, memo and other custom apps.

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O2 Palm Pre GSM review

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 6th 2009 No Comments

For European consumers, the Palm Pre has been a long time coming. Announced – in CDMA form – back in January 2009, with Palm coyly dancing around the matter of a GSM version until its Sprint launch took place in June, the smartphone has even gained a sibling (in the shape of the Palm Pixi) before those across the Atlantic have had a chance to play with the original. That’s all finally changing this month, with carrier O2 exclusively offering the Pre in the UK and Ireland from October 16th and Germany from October 13th. Has time dulled the Pre’s appeal? SlashGear have been testing out the GSM Palm Pre; check out our full review after the cut.

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HTC HD2 Windows Phone gets official: Hands-on Video

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 6th 2009 13 Comments

After weeks of rumor, HTC have confirmed the existence of their latest flagship Windows Phone, the HTC HD2 (aka the HTC Leo). As expected, the HD2 runs Windows Mobile 6.5 on a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon processor, with a 4.3-inch WVGA capacitive touchscreen and 5-megapixel autofocus camera; it’s also the first Windows Phone to support both multitouch and HTC Sense. Perhaps best of all, HTC CEO Peter Chou has confirmed that HTC will be offering a US 3G version of the HD2 in Q1 2010. SlashGear sat down with Chou earlier on today to get a preview of the HD2 and find out more about HTC’s focus moving forward.

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Video hands-on with the HTC HD2 after the cut

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Apple look to patent full-hand multitouch control surface

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 2nd 2009 No Comments

Apple’s multitouch patent trail continues, with the latest application to come to light describing a full multitouch-sensitive surface that could track not only finger but palm contact, work as a keyboard and also recognize complex gestures and manipulations. Filed in June 2009, the patent describes a touchscreen capable of permitting “unprecedented integration of typing, resting, pointing, scrolling, 3D manipulation, and handwriting into a versatile, ergonomic computer input device”.

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BumpTop adds exclusive Multitouch gestures to 3D desktop [Video]

By Chris Davies on Thursday, Oct 1st 2009 No Comments

One of the most frequently quoted reasons for the Tablet PC not gaining as much traction as many inside Microsoft expected it to was that the company failed to make Windows’ UI sufficiently finger-friendly. Windows 7 should improve that somewhat, but Microsoft could do worse than acquire BumpTop: the company has added multitouch touchscreen support to its 3D desktop system, with far more gestures than we’ve seen on rival products.

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Video demo after the cut

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Hanvon Windows 7 multitouch slate spied [Video]

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Sep 29th 2009 No Comments

Is there room in your cold, dark heart for a basic multitouch slate running Windows 7? Hanvon sure hopes so, with the Chinese manufacturer showing off just such a prototype at the IDF 2009 expo last week. GottaBeMobile’s Xavier was on hand to have a brief play, and he reckons the 8.9-inch Atom-based slate feels pretty good.

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HTC HD2 (aka Leo) launch details leak; no multitouch in browser

By Chris Davies on Friday, Sep 25th 2009 No Comments

What looks set to be HTC’s new flagship, the HTC HD2 – aka the HTC Leo – seems even closer to release, at least according to a slide dropped into Pocketnow’s inbox. The slide, in Dutch, suggests that the Leo will indeed be branded the HTC HD2, while their tipster confirms that it will arrive in the Netherlands at the end of October.

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