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Apple 'niche player' in touchscreen phones

News Such devices are popular in the region for their ability to allow users to input Asian language characters with a stylus, ABI said. While Apple's iPhone may be the first device most people call to mind when they think of a touch-interface mobile...

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11 September 2008, 9:00

Scented mobile phone hits Japan

News The DoCoMo device opens like a book with a normal screen on one half and a touchscreen on the other, allowing users to input data using their fingers or a stylus. Apple is not the only kit maker causing waves with its latest device.

18 January 2007, 9:20

Wii browser will be free -- for now

News It also created the DS browser, which integrates the stylus and touchscreen functionality into a traditional Web browser viewed across both of the system's screens. We knew the Wii would surf the World Wide Web.

27 September 2006, 9:41

'Sim City DS' being built for Japan

News Extensive use will be made of the DS stylus and touchscreen, not only in the game proper but also in a series of minigames. The Japanese market is notoriously wary of foreign games. However, the runaway popularity of the Nintendo DS in Japan...

5 September 2006, 9:34

News.blog: A wrist PC for the fashion-unconscious

News Additionally, it sports a 89mm (3.5-inch) touch screen, which adjusts the contrast automatically, and it includes a stylus and a headphone jack. I've heard chunky watches are very 'now', but this is a little extreme.

30 June 2006, 9:49

News.blog: Nintendo DS Lite pretty in pink

News The DS Lite, a lighter version of the popular Nintendo DS, hit the Japanese market in March, and handhelds in the new colour, complete with pink stylus, will be available in the US from 20 July. Fans of the pink gadget, rejoice!

29 June 2006, 10:21

Nokia looks to next-gen Linux tablets

News Among the possible new additions are new interface methods -- the device currently uses a touch screen with a stylus for text input -- although thumb-happy typers can switch to a more clumsy digit input mode with the virtual keyboard expanded to...

22 June 2006, 9:42

Nintendo DS Lite in UK on 23 June

News The screen now has four adjustable backlight settings and is much brighter than before, the stylus is longer and thicker, and the console weighs 60g less than the original DS. Nintendo has announced that the DS Lite will be available in Europe from...

22 May 2006, 9:20

Microsoft invents new mobile keyboard

News To spell an 'h' a user starts in the neutral space (the centre, or block 5), sweeps his or her finger or a stylus to block 3 (for letters g, h, i, j and k) and then to block 2 (because h is the second letter in previously selected group 3).

4 May 2006, 9:11

Toshiba plans Intel chips for tablet PC

News The company's Windows XP Tablet PC Edition, launched in 2002, allows consumers to take handwritten notes on documents or applications through a pressure-sensitive screen and sophisticated stylus. Toshiba plans to use Intel's Core Duo processor in a...

8 February 2006, 9:02

Samsung LCD TV tech goes mobile

News An optical sensor from below registers that there is a finger or stylus hovering over the device while the touch sensor confirms that contact has been made. Electronics giant Samsung is hoping to achieve the same success on the small screen as it...

14 November 2005, 11:18

High-tech keyboard takes cue from Etch-a-Sketch

News Instead of tapping independently on four virtual keys with a stylus to spell 'word', for example, consumers would put the stylus on 'w' and then carve a continuous trail all the way to 'd'. Some users have gotten around 16 to 17 words per minute...

12 July 2005, 8:48

The awkward smart phone grows up

News It's also a touch screen -- a skinny stylus tucks into the back of the phone -- which is handy if you install any of the thousands of Palm-compatible programs available online. You won't need the stylus, though, when you operate the Treo's built-in...

4 July 2005, 9:25

This week in iPod bashing

News Microsoft points to a number of features it said will help in that regard, including support for software-based buttons that will make it easier to operate devices with one hand and without using a stylus.

16 May 2005, 11:07

Can Longhorn improve laptops?

News Mitchell demonstrated the way that finger-based input could be added to traditional laptops as well as to tablet PC machines that allow for stylus input. Microsoft's Bill Mitchell wants his company's new OS to make consumers as excited about buying...

3 May 2005, 8:53