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Asus Eee 900 could sport touchscreen

News The upcoming second iteration of Asus's popular Eee PC could sport a touchscreen, reports have suggested. Eee-enthusiasts have been modifying the laptop to include touchscreen technology for some months now, but that feature has not yet been...

Tags: asus, gps, sale, supply

27 March 2008, 8:54

HP releases touchscreen Vista PCs

News The TouchSmart PC features a touchscreen that enables one-touch wireless access to information, communications and entertainment though a customisable front-end, the HP Smart Centre. And if the emphasis on technological features brings HP back to...

10 January 2007, 10:38

BlackBerry avoiding touchscreen bandwagon

News The new BlackBerry Bold may have been touted as an 'iPhone killer' despite its use of the familiar Qwerty keyboard, but manufacturer RIM is refusing to be drawn on rumours that a touchscreen BlackBerry is in the offing.

Tags: keyboard, iphone, blackberry, flip

15 May 2008, 9:37

Photos: iPhone wannabes

News Fashion designer Prada and LG Electronics announced on Thursday what they call the world's first completely touchscreen mobile phone to come to market. Synaptics showed off its Onyx concept phone -- which also features a touchscreen -- at the...

Tags: apple, consumer, electronics, lg

19 January 2007, 9:53

News.blog: Apple sued over iPhone keyboard

News An outfit called SP Technologies has sued Apple over the touchscreen keyboard at the heart of the iPhone, claiming Apple is infringing on a patent held by SP Technologies for a similar keyboard. Patent suits, of course, are two a penny, and Apple's...

7 August 2007, 9:53

News.blog: Apple to design clamshell iPhone?

News The key to this design is having touchscreen capabilities on both the top and bottom of the phone when it's open. It's quite possible that Apple could be considering other form factors for future generations of iPhones, but I wonder how the...

Tags: iphone, touchscreen, patent, clamshell

18 March 2008, 9:17

Photos: US mobiles show off at CTIA

News The 3G Instinct SPH-M800 has a touchscreen interface, is 12mm thin and has a healthy feature set, including the so-called Visual Voicemail seen on Apple's iPhone and two batteries, each of which is good for 5.75 hours of talk time.Credit: Sprint

Tags: credit, nokia, windows mobile, iphone

3 April 2008, 11:06

Apple finally answers call for iPhone

News It incorporates a wide, 160-pixel-per-inch touchscreen, a single 'home' button, 2-megapixel camera, Wi-Fi capability and a mobile phone. The Mac OS X-based iPhone is most akin to an iPod in design, but allows users to listen to music, make phone...

10 January 2007, 10:27

News.blog: Apple tries slider-style iPhone?

News The lack of a hardware keyboard is said to be a detriment for business users who are hooked on their BlackBerrys and the iPhone's touchscreen keyboard certainly does take some getting used to in the first couple of weeks.

Tags: iphone, buttons, hardware, style

2 July 2008, 10:00

Getting to grips with the iPhone's design

News While all designers bemoaned the lack of physical buttons, they also said Apple's touchscreen approach is a breakthrough in terms of how people interact with their phones. If you've got long, flexible fingers you can use the iPhone with one hand...

28 August 2007, 10:23

Photos: Apple fans dream up next iPod

News Incorporating a touchscreen into the iPod would allow the screen to take over most, if not all, of the iPod's body, allowing for a much larger viewing area. Using a touchscreen, while new to the iPod line, wouldn't be a complete shock.

12 September 2006, 11:45

iPhones plentiful, queuing pointless

News The iPhone, a touchscreen smart phone capable of browsing the Internet, playing music and videos, and making phone calls, generated almost unprecedented coverage from both the technology and mainstream media during the six months between its...

30 June 2007, 17:43

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. D8000iDS owners will also be able to use the touchscreen to send doodles to friends.

18 January 2007, 9:20

Photos: Cambridge boffs display tech of tomorrow

News One suggested application is table-top touchscreen projected images, to be used in meetings and exhibitions. Inside the window is a touchscreen foil, developed by Cambridge-based group Visual Planet, with a back-projected image to guide shoppers to...

14 November 2006, 10:29

Photos: High tech travel in Ford's taxi

News Central to the new features is a 13-inch touchscreen that offers control over entertainment and navigation options, including video and music selections and a scroll of news, weather and sports headlines.

Tags: driver, connect, credit, auto

21 March 2008, 8:00