Touch Screen Gadget

Nokia 7700 was just the first stab

Posted by sawaru | Category: Mobile Phone, Trend Watch & News

Today, however, Nokia is trying to play catch-up with the likes of Samsung and more notably, Apple with its iPhone. Both have touchscreen products in the marketplace while Nokia’s version could be released by the end of the year.

The Finnish company’s first stab at the touchscreen format was in 2003 with the Nokia 7700 series which was later discontinued. Local pricing and availability would be revealed closer to launch date in the first quarter next year, a company spokesperson said.

Rumored Atila from Motorola

Posted by sawaru | Category: Mobile Phone

Motorola’s latest  much-rumored smartphone, currently named "Atila," has had images of it supposedly leaked to the public. Designed as a device to compete directly with the iPhone, it features a touchscreen, 3G support and will run Windows Mobile.

The device reportedly will feature quad-band GSM/EDGE along with tri-band UMTS/HSPA, making it ideally suited for use overseas or on AT&T and Rogers in North America. The device will not support T-Mobile USA’s 3G rollout, only the carrier’s existing 2.5G network.

Atila will supposedly run on a Qualcomm 7201A processor, speed unknown but likely in the 400 MHz range.

Its 2.8 inch QVGA touchscreen will be its only means of input, lacking a hardware keyboard or numeric keypad. This is a big part of what separates it from the Motorola Alexander, a similar model that was recently leaked.

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Touchscreen iPod Nano soon?

Posted by sawaru | Category: MP3 Player

BusinessWeek’s Cliff Edwards speculates that Apple is getting ready to introduce an “iPod Nano with a touch screen.”  This after seeing something that resembled an iPod Nano like device out “in the wild.”

Why would you need a touch-screen nano? In addition to simply being cool, Apple might make available some of its AppStore applications to other devices beyond the iPhone and larger-screen iPod Touch. The company also could be prepping that long-rumored subscription service. Or it could be announcing the next step in its plans to boost the use of video on Apple devices.

Beyond that, it could just make for good financial sense. The current nano sells for $149 or $199, depending on memory configuration. Double the base memory on new versions, add bigger screen and touch interface, and Jobs & crew could up the price slightly, boosting margins.

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HP usher touchscreen technology for masses

Posted by sawaru | Category: Desktop, LCD Monitor, Laptop & Notebook, Tablet PC & UMPC, Trend Watch & News

Hewlett-Packard Co. is hot on the prospects of touchscreen technology.

H-P says it’s working on an array of products, including notebooks, that use the same type of finger-tapping interface popularized by Apple Inc.’s iPhone. H-P’s so keen on the idea that it says it’s trying to get touch-enabled notebook computers on the market within the next 18 months.

H-P’s plans illustrate how the iPhone has whetted the world’s appetite for touchscreens, which have become increasingly available on handheld devices and are now making their way into the personal-computer sector. Several competitors already have touchscreen desktops, but few have laptops with touchscreens.

Market research suggests H-P is making a smart bet. The number of touchscreen devices, including PCs, should more than double to 800 million by 2013, according to industry tracker iSuppli. Spending on touchscreen components likely will reach $6.4 billion, up 33% from $4.8 billion, over the same period, iSuppli said.

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Apple push on DJing software

Posted by sawaru | Category: Music & Entertainment, Software

From the looks of the patent submitted on touchscreen DJ-ing program a very similarity to normal pair of vinyl turntables.

Of course, the existence of a patent application doesn’t guarantee that the software is in development, but Apple has frequently been rumoured to be working on some sort of touchscreen computer. And of course, the company’s iPhone and iPod touch products already enable you to get ‘hands-on’.

The patent application gives us a good idea of how the software might work. Digital music files would be represented by two slabs of virtual vinyl, and there would be crossfader and pitch adjustment controls. The diagram features waveform displays, too, while fingertip-powered scratching would also be possible.

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iPhone 3G in Singapore soon

Posted by sawaru | Category: Mobile Phone

Singaporean will be able to get their hands on iPhone 3G at the end of August or early September, a person familiar with the situation said Monday.

Apple Inc.’s  third-generation iPhone in Singapore "They Singapore Telecommunications Ltd. (SingTel) may start selling and have been seriously looking at launching the iPhone at the end of August or early September," the person said.

A SingTel spokesman reiterated a company statement in June that the company, the largest telecommunications firm in Singapore by revenue, will bring the 3G iPhone to Singapore by the end of the year.

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iPhone 3G demand too great

Posted by sawaru | Category: Mobile Phone

iPhone 3G demand skyrocket.

With almost 7 times the amount if shifted of the first generation iPhone, Apple’s struggling to crank out enough iPhone 3G handsets to meet supply. They’re in such high demand, the company’s on track to shift more than 40 million of the touchscreen mobiles in its first year alone.

According to TechCrunch, Apple’s manufacturing partner, Foxconn, is churning out iPhone 3Gs at the rate of 800,000 per week. But there could be trouble ahead, as that number is reportedly “above current full capacity.” TechCrunch says that if it continues, there could be quality control issues around the corner.

Really no room left for buttons

Posted by sawaru | Category: Mobile Phone, Multi Touch, Trend Watch & News

It’s been a good year for touch screens.

The launch of the first iPhone model a year ago boosted interest in the technology tremendously, and the updated model available Friday likely will stoke enthusiasm further. Now touch-screen manufacturers are going flat out, and more devices will soon be controlled by the tip of your finger.

"After the iPhone came out, a lot of mobile-phone companies said ‘Oh, I can make that kind of touch-screen mobile phone, too,’" said Jennifer Colegrove, analyst at iSuppli Corp.

Jon Mulder, product marketing manager for Sony Ericsson’s U.S. arm, said touch screens have become a "hygiene factor" - a must-have for phones that want to compete in the high end of the U.S. market.

Colegrove projects that 341 million touch screens will be shipped worldwide this year, up from 218 million in 2007 and 81 million in 2006.

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Troubleshooting iPhone touchscreen response

Posted by sawaru | Category: Mobile Phone, Smartphone

A new Knowledge Base article on the Apple Support Site, which was modified and/or added hot on the heels of my needing an iPhone replacement because of this very problem, addresses the unresponsive iPhone touchscreens.

The simple article, which is basically a list of things you can try to see what is wrong with your iPhone, really makes it clear and simple that “moisture” might be the cause of an iPhone’s touchscreen not working properly.

Details:-

Symptoms

• Touchscreen does not respond
• Portions of the touchscreen do not respond
• Touchscreen is very slow to respond

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No worries as more iPhone parts supplier engaged

Posted by sawaru | Category: Mobile Phone, Smartphone

Electronista reported that Innolux a Taiwan display maker has landed new orders for touchscreens from Apple, say claims from those inside the industry. While few details are available, the company is expected to start shipments soon; the company itself declines to either confirm or deny orders from Apple but says it will soon ship a production run of touch panels using capacitive input like that of Apple’s handhelds.

The size of the screens and the amount being delievered is unavailable, though Innolux’s largest of two factories producing the screens can generate at most 100,000 units per month.
The new information corroborates a very early report from December which suggested Innolux would start shipping screens to Apple during the spring, though the combination of smaller-scale production and a relatively late shipment make the nature of the shipment unclear.

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