It turns out that Microsoft doesn’t have a monopoly on supersized multitouch goodness – PQ Labs is hawking their iTable, aka Multi-touch G³. Contrary to its name, it supports not only OS X, but Windows 2000 through Windows 7 as well.
Depending on the configuration, the iTable can detect up to 32 touch points, and can be as large as 65″. Actually I think PQ Labs can build larger screens if you ask nicely. So is the iTable any good? It seems to be good enough for playing Warcraft III. Watch out for the gesture that’s mapped to the attack command:
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Now that’s how you command an army.
[via CrunchGear]
Written by lambert v. on March 10th, 2010 with no comments.
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The Ezy PC-x9 Tablet PC has a similar design with Apple’s iPad. It is actually a tablet shaped portable computer device that comes equipped with a touchscreen, WI-FI, a 3G network and a multitouch screen. Priced at $679 each, this Apple iPad competitor boasts a 10.2-inch multitouch display, Microsoft Windows 7 OS, a 2GB of RAM, a 250GB hard drive, a 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 processor and a 1.3 megapixel webcam. [Product Page]
Written by Johan on March 9th, 2010 with no comments.
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Samsung has announced their latest 22-inch multitouch LCD monitor ‘LD220Z’ for the Russian market. This new widescreen monitor provides 1920 x 1080 Full HD resolution, 70,000:1 dynamic contrast ratio and 5ms response time. It also comes with two 1.5W built-in speakers and has both D-Sub and HDMI connectors. Unfortunately, there’s no word on pricing yet. [Samsung]
Written by Isaiah on March 6th, 2010 with no comments.
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Multitouch displays are cool – no question about it. However, most of the larger multitouch displays out there are one-off custom builds. And while Microsoft sells their multitouch Surface as a turnkey solution, it’s only got a 30-inch display. The guys over at Ideum have upped the game with their ready-to-use MT-50 multitouch table, which comes with a high-def 50-inch tabletop (though viewable area looks closer to about 40-inches diagonal).
The Ideum MT-50 retails for about $21,000 (USD) and is designed for use in museums, tradeshows and other exhibitions (why not my living room?) and features a massive 50-inch multitouch glass surface. It can detect up to 40 simultaneous points of input, so multiple users can interact with it at the same time. The MT-50 is designed for durability too. It’s built from aircraft-grade aluminum and steel, and the tempered glass tabletop is designed to be nearly indestructible.
The Ideum table offers a 1280 x 720 display, and ships with Gestureworks, a library which allows true multitouch interaction using Adobe Flash. By comparison, Microsoft’s Surface only has, 1024 x 768 resolution display, and requires that your develop apps using Microsoft proprietary toolkits such as WPF, XNA and Expression Blend. The MT-50 also bests the Surface standard build with a beefy 3GHz quad core CPU, versus Microsoft’s 2.13 GHz dual core.
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The MT-50 has already found its way into numerous museum exhibitions, such as this recent mashup between Google Maps and Flickr used in an exhibit at the California Science Center.
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And if the production 50-incher isn’t enough for you, the guys at Ideum have already built a custom 100-inch version of the table for one client:
Now all I need is one of these in my living room, and I’ll be all set.
Written by technabob on February 21st, 2010 with no comments.
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Remember that Notion Ink Adam tablet that we first reported as possible vaporware? Well, we were clearly wrong, and the Interwebs are buzzing with glee over the impressive specs and hands-on demos that have been making the rounds at this week’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
The Notion Ink guys have really come a long way from their early conceptual designs, and are now showing off a completely functional prototype of what could be a serious iPad killer.
The final specs for the pad include a powerful Arm Cortex A9 Dual Core CPU, an nVidia Tegra 2 graphics chip, and the amazing new PixelQi transflective 1024 x 600 LCD multitouch screen, which works great in either a darkened room or bright daylight. Battery life with the backlight on is 16 hours, but with the backlight off, you’re looking at an astounding 160 hours, which makes this a real contender against the Kindle and the Nook for reading books too.
While most of the images shown here are clearly renders, the guys over Technoholik have some hands-on images and video of the Adam in action…
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Compared on specs alone, the Adam blows the iPad out of the water. Check out this comparison from chart from the guys at Notion Ink:
And while the prototype isn’t quite as thin as an iPad, the Notion Ink guys claim the final version will get down to 1.7 pounds and 14mm thick, making it just a hair bigger than Apple’s tablet. That said, there’s a whole lot more computing power in the Adam at this point. And this tablet can actually play 1080p video and Flash, too. The Adam will also include 3G, Bluetooth and WiFi (802.11b/g, but not n) connectivity, as well as A-GPS.
The biggest thing I’m concerned about at this point is that the Adam runs on Android – and I’m not yet convinced that Android has been optimized for a tablet experience. That said, Notion Ink says other OSes will eventually run on the tablet, including Chromium, Ubuntu and other Linux builds.
Prices for the Adam will start at just $327 (USD), and go up to $800 bucks for a completely maxed out version. It’s not known yet what the base model will include compared to the top-of-the-line, but from the looks of these two spec sheets (1 | 2), I think you’ll be shelling out extra dough for the PixelQi version. Notion Ink expects to start shipping the Adam in the June/July timeframe, shortly after the iPad hits.
This is definitely one to watch in the great tablet war of 2010. For more details on the Notion Ink Adam, be sure to bookmark their website and blog for information as it emerges.
[via Gizmodo]
Written by technabob on February 15th, 2010 with no comments.
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TRUtablet will launch the TRUtablet 9, which is a new 8.9 inch multitouch tablet that runs on Windows 7 Home Premium OS. Priced at $649 upwards, the tablet features a 1GB of RAM (upgradable up to 2GB), up to 128GB SSDs for storage, 3G, and GPS. Other important specs include WiFi, Bluetooth, a 1.3MP webcam, three USB ports, and an SD card slot. TRUtablet will start taking orders next week and will release the tablet in March 2010. [Product Page]
Written by Johan on February 12th, 2010 with no comments.
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Last week we heard some news we’ve been waiting a long time for: the Nexus One has finally been updated with multitouch capabilities. While we rejoiced upon hearing the news, we wondered how soon it would be before we would see it in other Android-supported devices. Fortunately the Motorola DROID, another big player in the Android market, is getting updated this week to Android 2.1 with the same multitouch features.
The update would technically not be the first multitouch to come to the DROID, as there was a Google Maps update sent out to DROID users 4 days ago that enabled the pinch-to-zoom functionality in the maps application but nothing else. However, it’s being rumored that the 2.1 update will enable multitouch in at least the browser as well and not just the Maps.
Other rumored details on the update include Google Goggles being pre-installed on the build and the addition of the same widgets that can be found on the Nexus One.No active wallpapers included, and no change to the home screen.
While not a huge laundry list of improvements, the actual improvements themselves are what stand out most notably. Multitouch is by far the most welcome improvement to the DROID, as it has been one of the most complained-about issues.
What other improvements would you like to see in future updates to the DROID?
via Engadget
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Written by Brad Molen on February 9th, 2010 with no comments.
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Even though the iPad was just announced, there are already plenty of concepts emerging that could take advantage of the device. This one is somewhat interesting, but dubious. It’s basically a huge display made from a bunch of refurbished/recycled iPads. (Once there are refurbished/recycled iPads to be had.)
This concept is by Clarke Hopkins Clarke from Melbourne Australia. They want to take a bunch of iPads, hook them up together into a giant matrix and use them to create massive touchscreen walls. The walls would then be used to produce multitouch interactive art and educational installations.
The fact that it’s modular is interesting, but the more you think about it, the less it makes sense. Standalone LCD screens are still much more cost-effective than iPads (even if they are refurbished). Of course, then you’d need some sort of computer system to power the displays themselves. And then touchscreen interfaces for them too. So maybe iPads would be the best way to pull this off. Or lots of iPhones.
[via Core77]
Written by range on February 3rd, 2010 with no comments.
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