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Fujitsu F-Series All-in-Ones and MT Tablet get multitouch plus versions for the elderly

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 13th 2009 No Comments

It’s not just the LOOX C CULV notebooks new from Fujitsu today; the company have also outed a number of desktops and notebooks, some supporting multitouch touchscreens. The range kicks off with the TV-alike Fujitsu F-Series, a range of 2.53GHz Core 2 Duo P8700 all-in-ones with either 20-inch 1600 x 900 or 23-inch 1920 x 1080 Full HD multitouch displays. Meanwhile the Fujitsu F/ER-Series desktops are specially-customized versions of the F-range, intended for elderly users whom the company hopes will find its tweaked UI more usable.

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Dell Mini 9 DIY netslate: most polished netbook tablet-conversion yet?

By Chris Davies on Tuesday, Oct 13th 2009 No Comments

Dell’s Mini 9 netbook may be a little old in the tooth these days, but its angular casing makes it a great donor machine for a netslate project. That’s just what MyDellMini forum member Rob did (to his Dell Vostro A90, the business-rebrand of the Mini 9), adding a touchscreen layer, flipping the display and relocating the power button.

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Camangi WebStation 7-inch Android tablet sows own teaser campaign [Video]

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 12th 2009 1 Comment

We’re not entirely sure what’s going on with Camangi’s WebStation, but it seems the manufacturers of this 7-inch Android-based touchscreen slate are hoping to drum up their own mystery campaign. That would, at least, explain the bizarre press release (which you can read after the cut); the official site appears to be down, but Google’s cache suggests the WebStation runs Android 1.5 on a Marvell 624MHz PXA303 processor, with onboard WiFi b/g, Bluetooth 2.0 and GPS.

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Video demo after the cut

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Archos 5 160GB Android Tablet sales frozen by Amazon

By Chris Davies on Monday, Oct 12th 2009 No Comments

After beginning to ship out on Friday, Amazon have frozen deliveries of the Archos 5 160GB Android Internet Tablet. According to the product listing, the touchscreen device is “under review”, which Amazon explain could mean anything from shipping errors (wrong device, missing accessories, etc), incorrect item descriptions or, more worryingly, “something wrong with our inventory of the item”, i.e. a problem with the Tablet itself.

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See Me, Feel Me… Touch Me?

By Michael Gartenberg on Friday, Oct 9th 2009 1 Comment

multitouch 201x166 custom We’re just a few weeks away from the formal launch of Windows 7 and I’ve been using the final build for some time now. It’s very nice and I’m sure most of you have seen it, used it or read about it to death. What I want to talk about over the next few weeks is various parts of Windows 7. One of the most intriguing parts of the new OS that Microsoft has talked about for some time has been the integration of touch features. While vendors such as HP have done their own touch implementations in the past (HP has gone as far as to offer their own touch-based SDK for developers) this is the first time since Microsoft unveiled their touch platform offering, Surface, that we’ve seen the OS vendor incorporate true finger-touch features directly into the OS.

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Archos 5 160GB and 32GB Android Tablets now shipping in US

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 9th 2009 No Comments

Having gone up for pre-order midway through September, certain models of Archos 5 Android Internet Tablet are now listed as in-stock and ready for delivery by Amazon. The 160GB hard-drive version, together with the 32GB flash model, are both shipping now; however the remaining versions – of which Amazon only list the 500GB tablet – are still only available for preorder.

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Hitachi CP-A100J creates ultraportable 56-inch touchscreen

By Chris Davies on Friday, Oct 9th 2009 No Comments

Short-throw projectors are nothing new, but Hitachi’s latest does bring something different to the table: in fact it creates a table-top projected touchscreen surface. Pairing the company’s CP-A100J short-throw projector and the UPIC Plus Wireless Interactive Panel 56-M, the system can recognize and track a digital pen as it moves across the huge 56-inch projection screen.

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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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Modu planning Android jacket for modular cellphone

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

Modular phone manufacture Modu have already discussed their plans for next-gen 3G and tablet-style devices, but now the company is talking about adding a splash of Android to the mixture. Speaking to TechRadar, Modu CEO Dov Moran revealed that “we’re also planning to have a jacket based on Android, which will enable programming capability [on the Modu unit], but these plans are too early to expose.”

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Apple Tablet shipping Q1 2010 from Foxconn?

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

Another day, another Apple Tablet rumor, and yet another tipped screen size. Contrasting from the previous leaky speculation that the upcoming media-centric device would have a 10.7-inch panel, comes DigiTimes’ usual shadowy market sources suggesting a 10.6-inch display and putting Foxconn at the manufacturing helm. They’re claiming that Foxconn will begin delivering the Apple Tablet to the Cupertino company in Q1 2010, with initial shipments expected to be in the region of 300,000 to 400,000 units.

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