Tag: touchscreen
RIM planning to take on iPhone with touchscreen BlackBerry
Handsets like the Curve and Pearl have ensured that Research In Motion’s BlackBerry isn’t just seen as a corporate email device any more. But it seems RIM has ambitions to push even more into the consumer space, by launching a touchscreen BlackBerry to go head-to-head with Apple’s iPhone.
Shiny Video Preview: Kat talks to HTC's CMO, John Wang, about the Touch Dual
Yesterday whilst at the HTC launch for their four new phones, I managed to catch up with John Wang, who is HTC’s Chief Marketing Officer, who I did a short video with at the Touch launch back in June.
In this video, he…
Shiny Video Preview: sexy new HTC Touch Dual smartphone
Yesterday I checked out the new Touch Dual smartphone from HTC, which, if you remember, is the updated model to the two-strong….
HTC Touch Dual: the popular Touch now has a slide-out keyboard and 3.5G connectivity
I just got back from the swanky HTC launch at Kensington Roof Gardens in London, where the smartphone company launched not one, but four new mobiles.
Included in the new range is the HTC Touch Dual, the follow-up to the successful Touch which launched back in June of this year. According to HTC…
Sony Ericsson patent reveals plans for sliding touchscreen mobile phone
What next for touchscreen mobiles? Everyone and their aunt is making one, including Nokia (albeit only next year). However, Sony Ericsson appears to be planning the next step, with a patent for a sliding touchscreen phone.
I say ‘seemingly’, as there’s no direct link to the actual patent, raising a slight concern in the back of my mind that this could be a hoax. Still, the idea is sensible enough, providing a balance between a full touchscreen, and the physical mobile keys that are still better for texting and dialling.
BenQ show off DSC T800 slim eight megapixel digital camera
BenQ has unveiled what it claims to be the slimmest eight megapixel camera with touchscreen, measuring 14.9mm at its thinnest part, and offering a three-inch LCD screen. Other features include picture resolution up to 3,264 x 2,448 pixels, a…
IMOBILE shows off C1000 3G touchscreen phone watch
The days of strapping ridiculously large blocks of technology to your wrist aren't over, it seems, with the introduction of the IMOBILE C1000 wristwatch 3G mobile. Ignoring the fact that it's yet another accessory beginning with the letter "I",…
Opinion: Should Apple extend their new family with touchscreen, Intel-based, OS X laden iPods?
Andy Merrett writes…
With all the furore surrounding the iPhone, rumours about the next (sixth) generation of iPod have been a little quiet.
Now that the iPhone is safely launched, in the US at least, we can once again discuss what Apple might do to keep on top of the portable music player market.
PMPToday is just one site circulating the rumour of a touchscreen iPod – coming as early as August.
DigiTimes says that the next-generation 6G iPod video will feature touch-screen panels similar to the iPhone. The reported supplier of the capacitive touch-screen panels is Taiwan-based manufacturer WinTek. WinTek has yet to make an official statement due to customer confidentiality, but sources from upstairs have confirmed the news. The estimated shipping date of the panels is late 2007.
Yes, it seems that the touchscreen device is the new, erm, non-touchscreen device. Now that Apple have pushed large touchscreens into the public gaze with their shiny iPhone, it’s not surprising that some think they should roll that out to future iPods, too.
The hardware is just one aspect of Apple’s future success. It’s rumoured that future iPods could run OS X, which might also imply they’d use Intel chips.
As far as I’m concerned, Apple’s “killer app” is becoming even clearer.
2007 Tech Trends No. 5: Touchscreens
Fourth in a series of posts highlighting Tech Digest’s pick of big technology trends for the second half of 2007…
It may have escaped your notice, but there’s a new mobile handset called the iPhone coming out this Friday. I know, you’d think someone would have publicised it. One of the most intriguing elements of Apple’s handset is its tactile touch-screen interface, which goes further than merely dabbing at buttons with a stylus, and gets you using your fingers to swipe, slide and explore.
DoCoMo to bring touchscreen clamshell phone to market
Japan's DoCoMo has unveiled a clamshell mobile phone featuring two touch-sensitive screens and able to be controlled with either a stylus or finger. Characters are input by writing on the screen, or a virtual keypad can be called up to…
