Tag Archives: touchscreen
iPad vs Netbooks

Netbooks fall under tablet shipments in Q2 2011

For those who are not yet satisfied, post-PC era is already here with us? We can fairly decisively conclude we’ve finally entered a post-netbook time. And this Q2 2011 marks the first time we’ve witnessed netbbooks numbers being eclipsed by tablets, according to ABI Research – where global tablet sales increased to 13.6 million units, [...]

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Dell Mini 9 modded into tablet

While it’s not the first tablet mod we’ve seen and it won’t be the last, it’s always interesting to see how users are modding their devices. The latest mod turns the Dell Mini 9 into a tablet. Not only that but, it has a working touchscreen and accelerometer. A video has been posted up of [...]

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OLPC XO-1.75 laptop to get multi-touch screen in the future

One Laptop Per Child’s next low-power laptop will come in the form of the XO-1.75, which apart from shifting to an ARM processor from a Via x86 CPU will also make use of a touch-sensitive 8.9-inch screen that supports multi-touch, according to a recent report from Computerworld. The actual release of the OLPC XO-1.75 laptop [...]

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Toshiba Libretto W100 dual-touchscreen tablet PC gets announced with Windows 7

About a week ago, rumors got around about Toshiba’s plans on unveiling a dual-touchscreen tablet PC that wielded 7-inch displays with the codename “GuideBook.” The rumor said that it would launch this June, and, lo and behold, it’s actually here. Toshiba officially announced it today as the Libretto W100 alongside a new ultrathin notebook to [...]

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Jolicloud 1.0 to have touchscreen display support right out of the box

So Jolicloud already supports netbooks with Intel’s Atom N450 CPU. As it nears its final release, a new enhancement is officially announced: out-of-the-box support for some touchscreen displays. Over on the official Jolicloud blog, a short list of supported touchscreen technologies have been put up (though I’m sure most of the names there will be [...]

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