Touchscreen
hideA touchscreen is a display that can detect the presence and location of a touch within the display area. The term generally refers to touch or contact to the display of the device by a finger or hand. Touchscreens can also sense other passive objects, such as a stylus. However, if the object sensed is active, as with a light pen, the term touchscreen is generally not applicable. The ability to interact directly with a display typically indicates the presence of a touchscreen.
The touchscreen has two main attributes. First, it enables one to interact with what is displayed directly on the screen, where it is displayed, rather than indirectly with a mouse or touchpad. Secondly, it lets one do so without requiring any intermediate device, again, such as a stylus that needs to be held in the hand. Such displays can be attached to computers or, as terminals, to networks. They also play a prominent role in the design of digital appliances such as the personal digital assistant (PDA), satellite navigation devices, mobile phones, and video games.
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News tagged with touchscreen
Qualcomm's next e-book to use a mirasol display
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Nov 20, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Qualcomm subsidiary Mirasol is developing a new e-book reader with a color display that uses ambient light. The reader will be capable of displaying video smoothly, but the new features will ...
iPhone Software That Controls Robot Movements (w/ Video)
Nov 18, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- At the graduate school of media design at Keio University in Tokyo, a project called "Walky" is under developed. Researchers have developed specifically designed software for the iPhone that ...
Touchscreen smartphones being snatched up in US
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Nov 03, 2009 |
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US smartphone buyers can't wait to get their hands on touchscreen devices, according to figures released Tuesday by industry tracker comScore.
HP's new touch Tablet: Windows 7 ultimate remote?
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Oct 15, 2009 |
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Hewlett-Packard recently announced a new wireless, touchscreen tablet that's a cross between a wireless photo frame and a super duper remote control.
LG Unveils LG GD510 Touchscreen Phone (w/ Video)
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Sep 30, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- LG Electronics today unveiled the LG GD510, or more simply, "Pop", the most compact 3-inch full touchscreen phone ever made. The LG GD510 is the handset people who want a simple touchscreen ...
Sony opens electronic bookstore to self-publishers
Sep 29, 2009 |
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Sony opened its electronic bookstore to would-be authors Tuesday in a partnership with two self-publishing companies.
LG Introduces its First Android Device
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Sep 14, 2009 |
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LG Electronics reinforced its aggressive strategy in smartphones by announcing the first Android mobile device.
Sony's eBooks to work with libraries
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Aug 26, 2009 |
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Maybe now it's an actual competition between Amazon's Kindle and Sony's forlorn "Reader" e-book.
First Smartphone with 1GHZ Processor (w/ Video)
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Jun 24, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Looks like the Apple iPhone 3G S may soon have some serious competition with the soon to be announced, Toshiba TG01 smartphone. The TG01 is expected to be officially announced at the Mobile ...
Robot Navigates City by Asking for Directions
May 14, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- ACE the robot was sent on a mission by its German inventors: to find its way to the Marienplatz in the center of Munich, about 1.5 km away from its starting point at the Technical University ...
T-Mobile plans Android-based home devices: Times
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Apr 06, 2009 |
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US wireless carrier T-Mobile plans to make a push into the home with communications devices that will run on Google's Android open-source software, The New York Times reported on Monday.
Asus Reveals Their Dual Touchscreen Flipbook and Eee Keyboard At CeBit 2009
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Mar 05, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- At CeBit 2009, Asus has revealed an array of Eee PC products, one being a touchscreen Flipbook PC. It can be used as a laptop, an e-book reader or a multimedia machine for watching movies, ...
ASUS Eee Top Touchscreen PC's Coming 1H 2009
Nov 25, 2008 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Asus has just revealed their 15.6-inch Eee Top touchscreen PC that is powered by an Intel Atom processor N270 (1.60GHz) and Intel 945 GSE core-logic with built-in graphics core. The system ...
