It’s not like Apple could very well keep it a secret anymore, so today we’re being treated to the official unveiling of the Magic Trackpad . This wireless touch input receptacle — already thoroughly leaked , trademarked , and FCC-approved — has just made its debut, of all places, in Apple’s Store app for iOS 4
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Apple Magic Trackpad officially unveiled
Were you hoping for a little Magic Trackpad action out of WWDC today? The above Magic MousePad may not fit the bill, but as far as numpads with added functionality go, it’s an interesting one.
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Fortrend’s Magic MousePad blends multitouch and numpad functionality into a single package
Synaptics has been a serious roll of late, first introducing those luscious multitouch gestures to older trackpads, and last month extending its Gesture Suite to Linux and Chrome OS . Here at Computex, the company is expanding its TouchPad family of solutions, with the multi-finger PC TouchPad-IS range seeing the first update. Aside from being able to recognize four-finger gestures, the new platform prevents accidental activation of the cursor when a user’s palm unintentionally contacts the TouchPad, and it also brings the aforementioned multi-finger capabilities of a touchscreen right onto a PC’s trackpad
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Synaptics intros ClickEQ, multi-finger TouchPad-IS trackpad solutions
Want to draw attention to an otherwise ordinary piece of consumer electronics? Do something emotive like, say, smash a giant Apple ice sculpture in front of the world’s Chinese press. Besides putting the boys in Cupertino on notice, Hanvon ’s officially launching the company’s TouchPad B10 — a 10.1-inch multitouch capacitive slate that we went hands-on with back in March
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Hanvon CEO smashes Apple effigy at TouchPad launch (video)
Well, it had to happen at some point.
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Synaptics extends multitouch Gesture Suite to Linux, Chrome OS included
Haven’t updated your laptop’s trackpad driver lately? Then you may well want to consider doing so, at least if your laptop is equipped with a Synaptics trackpad.
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Synaptics driver enables multitouch gestures on older trackpads
Remind us to send a thank-you note to Hanvon for taking a break from cranking out e-readers to work on some of the best tablets we’ve seen at CeBIT yet — much more advanced that what was shown by the company back in September . While the TouchPad BC10C and BA10E didn’t have any special software running on top of Windows 7 Home Premium, both of their 10.1-inch, capacitive multitouch displays were extremely responsive
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Hanvon TouchPad BC10C and BA10E hands-on
British firm Pelikon was showing off its MorphPad technology at MWC this month, undoubtedly hoping to score some interest from representatives of handset manufacturers who just happened to be wandering the show floor — but this isn’t just any old morphing keyboard, you see. Not only can the board be dynamically reconfigured by backlighting different portions of the keys — the entire surface of the thing doubles as a touchpad, which you can probably imagine has virtually limitless utility in a mobile device where the space for a true touchpad simply doesn’t exist. Pelikon already works with Toshiba on its domestic-market Biblio , but we’d love to see it hit devices around the world — in fact, we wouldn’t really mind if they just released this prototype they’re showing as a Bluetooth accessory
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Pelikon’s MorphPad demoed, combines touchpad, morphing keyboard into one awesome rectangle
The A8’s Multi Media Interface (a fancy name for a nav unit with media player attached) is already a pretty sophisticated piece of tech , but Audi has opted against resting on those laurels and has pushed out a new feature for the luxury saloon’s next iteration. The 2011 A8 (available in Spring 2010 — crazy, we know) will benefit from the same handwriting recognition as promised for the next-gen R8 , wherein the user is able to scribble his destination all John Hancock-like and then use the touchscreen to complete his instructions.
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Audi A8 MMI adds handwriting recognition to list of 2011 features
If you’re not down with snapping up an HTPC-centric keyboard with an integrated trackpad or trackball, controlling the likes of Hulu, Boxee and ZeeVee’s Zinc TV viewer can be a real chore. Dave Zatz was able to wrap his paws around the problem-solving GlideTV Navigator , and while he deemed the actual remote trackpad “the best he’d ever used,” he couldn’t unequivocally say that this beauty was worth a buck-fifty. He also found that the remote could be used one-handed with a bit of practice, and he expressed understandable concern about this thing’s ability to stay functional as the software around it evolves.
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GlideTV Navigator gets a thorough hands-on and critiquing
