Group items tagged touch - Tablets

Toshiba's JournE Touch Is An Underpowered Mini Tablet for Your Living Room - Toshiba Jo... - 0 views

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- Toshiba's got a new take on mobile internet devices, and it is one that sorta kinda makes sense. Its 7-inch JournE Touch is based on Windows CE, has an ARM processor and isn't meant to leave the living room.
  
  Touted as the "Ultimate Home Media Tablet" Toshiba's Wi-Fi tablet has its own icon packed user interface on top of Windows CE. It will allow you sit back on the couch and run a full Web browser and according to this release you can access Picasa, YouTube, Flickr and your instant messaging clients from the Wi-Fi device.
  
  It has an ARM chip inside so chances are it won't handle true high def content all that well (though the video says it can). This thing has Nivida Tegra written all over it but no word on what is exactly powering the thing. A base station will be sold separately that will have USB and HDMI outputs.
  
  The brushed aluminum device will retail for 249 Euros (about $350 U.S.). Hmm, a Zune HD makes a bit more sense to me. Ah mini-tablet season is upon us. [newgadgetsde and CrunchGear]
  
  Send an email to Joanna Stern, the author of this post, at jstern@gizmodo.com.
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Rumor: 22" touch computer coming from Apple - 0 views

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Rumor: 22" touch computer coming from Appleby Dave Caolo (RSS feed) on Jan 18th 2010 at 10:30AMIt's Monday, January 18th and we've got more tablet rumors than Tony Romo's got bruises. This time, a report comes from the Chinese publication Commercial Times (via DigiTimes), stating that Apple will launch a 22", touch-enabled all-in-one computer before the year's end. This rumor amounts to little more than that sentence, but we assume that something that large won't be meant for carrying around. Instead, think of an iMac with a Troll Touch display (above), or something like the HP Touchsmart line. On one hand, it makes sense. If the tablet proves as popular as the iPod touch and iPhone, why wouldn't Apple extend the touch screen to the rest of its lineup? On the other hand, no one wants to hold their arm in mid-air all day long like this guy. We'll have to keep an eye on this one. Oh, Apple. Just release the darn thing and make the rumors stop!
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Jack Logan on 18 Jan 10

Let's hear it! Release it (whatever it is!) ASAP!

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Apple may wipe slate clean for new tablet computer - AP News Wire, Associated Press New... - 1 views

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frank smith on 11 Jan 10

Apple has a knack for spotting problems we didn't know we had. It can leave us wondering how we survived without vast libraries of music and TV shows in our pockets or the comfort of knowing "there's an app for that." Now, speculation is growing that in two weeks Apple will unveil a tablet-style touch-screen computer that is bigger than an iPhone but smaller than a standard laptop. If indeed that is Apple's next move -- the company won't comment -- it would have to show us why we ought to pay for yet another Internet-connected screen, on top of the TVs, computers and smart phones we already have.

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">Apple has a knack for spotting problems we didn't know we had. It can leave us wondering how we survived without vast libraries of music and TV shows in our pockets or the comfort of knowing "there's an app for that." Now, speculation is growing that in two weeks Apple will unveil a tablet-style touch-screen computer that is bigger than an iPhone but smaller than a standard laptop. If indeed that is Apple's next move -- the company won't comment -- it would have to show us why we ought to pay for yet another Internet-connected screen, on top of the TVs, computers and smart phones we already have.</div>

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Touch Book: Tablet netbook with ARM CPU, 10+ hour battery, detachable screen - 0 views

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Microsoft's Prototype Multi-Touch Tablet/Booklet - Mac Rumors - 0 views

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Rumor: Apple employee says tablet UI has "steep learning curve" « Apple Investor - 0 views

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shared by Jack Logan on 06 Jan 10 - Cached

Jack Logan on 06 Jan 10

How hard could it be? Touch and move on!

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OLPC Comes Up With a Beautiful, Thin Tablet Concept - 2 views

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François Dongier on 02 Jan 10

Price is supposed to be $75 ;-)

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fishead ...*∞º˙ on 03 Jan 10

that would be a huge hit, but the pricepoint target is scarey. I can see this really taking off however--my kids all have iPod touches now, and when within a wireless zone, have more fun and do more stuff--at the expense of their computer and cell phone. An inexpensive, single interface device, that can supplant the phone, the laptop, the mp3 player, the camera, the gaming system, and provide direct access to social media would be THE category killer of the new decade. Some bright retailer will figure out a mechanism to provide these 'free' with branded advertising access at all interface levels (wal-mart?)

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">that would be a huge hit, but the pricepoint target is scarey. I can see this really taking off however--my kids all have iPod touches now, and when within a wireless zone, have more fun and do more stuff--at the expense of their computer and cell phone. An inexpensive, single interface device, that can supplant the phone, the laptop, the mp3 player, the camera, the gaming system, and provide direct access to social media would be THE category killer of the new decade. Some bright retailer will figure out a mechanism to provide these 'free' with branded advertising access at all interface levels (wal-mart?)</div>

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Kurt Laitner on 05 Jan 10

$75 for that would change the frigging world, apple, on the other hand, will still charge $799, and people will pay it

<div class="cArrow"> </div><div class="cContentInner">$75 for that would change the frigging world, apple, on the other hand, will still charge $799, and people will pay it</div>

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Kurzweil Takes On Kindle With New E-Reader Platform Blio | Singularity Hub - 0 views

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Blio is an e-reader platform, not hardware, that can be used on PC, MAC, iPhone and iPod touch
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preserves the original format of books including typography, and illustrations, in full color
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takes advantage of knfb’s high quality text to speech capabilities (discussed in this video)
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Flip Through Pages with Innovative E-Book Reader Concept LIBRARY | Tuvie - Industrial D... - 0 views

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E-book reading devices are not a great achievement nowadays, but how many of them can really give you the feeling of reading a traditional book? The innovative LIBRARY e-book reader concept effectively meets the issue with its mechanical rollers along with lively page flipping animation on the screen that gives readers the feel of flipping through pages with their thumbs. The multi-touch display allows the readers to underline the book’s content with their fingers and can make bookmarks with simple gestures. The edge of the device will show the bookmarks that can be found easily when the book is open and are visible even when the user closes the book. To access the entire e-book collection, the users have to open the backside of the book. Moreover, the device features a ‘keyboard’ mode to search for book titles which can be enabled by turning the device to 90 degrees.
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