Tag Archive for 'touchscreen'
Matt Faulkner has been braving the outside world recently, testing out one of GETAC’s rugged Tablet PCs. This particular model is similar to the E100 we saw back in January, using an Intel Stealey A110 ULV processor running at 800MHz, half a gig of RAM and an 80GB, shock-mounted hard-drive. However the 8490XT [...]
It’s a week for multitouch tables, with the latest DIYer to turn their hand to creating a low-cost interactive surface being 17-year-old Bridger Maxwell. His OS X-powered table was built for Central Utah Science and Engineering Fair, and uses the usual array of LEDs, acrylic platter and infra-red camera to recognise multiple points of contact. [...]
E-book manufacturer iRex have announced [pdf link] a new, cheaper version of their iLiad reader. The “Book Edition” drops the original’s WiFi b/g and gains a silver casing, while the price also drops by €150 to €499 ($768). It comes pre-loaded with fifty classic novels and has the same touchscreen for notetaking.
Eyebeam are looking to bring DIY multitouch to the masses with their open-source Cubit project. Promising a touchscreen table in the style of Microsoft’s Surface, only with a far smaller $500-1,000 build cost, Eyebeam have made the hardware schematics and software source code available for anyone to download. They also sell a kit that includes the [...]
Chinese site iMP3 have been playing with Yoto’s M300, and if you’re unimpressed with Apple’s PMP range (and willing to import or perhaps take a trip to China) then the widescreen media player could tick quite a few of your boxes. For a start, there’s its codec support list: direct support for RM, FLV, RMVB, AVI, [...]
The Fujitsu LifeBook U810 we saw at CES 2008 back in January, that has the added benefit of a built-in HSDPA modem, has finally been released. Fujitsu have also added WWAN cellular data to their larger T2010 Tablet PC. The 3G access will be provided by AT&T, who are promising typical download speeds between 600 Kbps [...]
TomTom have refreshed their ONE and XL satnav ranges, adding Google Maps compatibility, reworking the audio system for clearer voice prompts, and redesigning the windscreen mount. Both models now support TomTom’s Map Share system, which allows users to collectively update and polish mapping data in-between official releases, a guarantee that the maps provided will be the [...]
Fujitsu sneakily put out an as-yet unannounced Tablet PC during a customer presentation in Germany last week, and an eagle-eyed spotter grabbed what scant details were on offer. Using Fujitsu’s LifeBook brand, the convertible notebook has a passive touchscreen display (e.g. you can use your finger rather than a specific stylus) measuring 13.3-inches. It also [...]
Beanbag-like internet appliance and general squishy WiFi companion chumby will soon be able to do more than alert you to the weather and bring you the latest 3G iPhone news courtesy of your RSS feeds. In a deal with Canadian games studio Albino Blacksheep, who specialise in Flash animation and gaming, chumby owners will [...]
Digitalcube’s i-station UDIC may look like a mini-convertible UMPC, but in actual fact it’s an electronic dictionary. Still, that doesn’t really do the handheld device justice: it’s a dictionary with 50 languages, as well as text-to-speech, “native speakers” pronunciation guides and the i-TRANS translating service. Available in two versions, both have hard-drives: one 30GB, the other [...]
