Archive for the 'Touch' Category

T-Mobile G1: Sharp LCD, Synaptics Touch

T-Mobile G1 Specifications
Display: 3.1″ Sharp TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 320 x 480
Touch: Capacitive technology by Synaptics

High Tech Computer or better known as HTC is the company that manufactured T-Mobile’s G1. The G1 is the first Android smartphone and I must admit HTC as well as T-Mobile did a decent job of putting it all together. The [...]

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1: 3″ WVGA Smartphone with QWERTY Keyboard

Sony Ericsson XPERIA Specifications
Display: 3″ Touch TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 800 x 480 (landscape)
Number of Colors: 65,536
Video: 640 x 480 at 30fps recording and playback
Camera: 3.2MP
Other: Handwriting recognition, touch, QWERTY, optical joystick, 4-way key
Availability: September 30, 2008 launch date for UK, Germany, Sweden. Q4′08 for Europe, Asia, Latin America.

I haven’t paid much attention to Sony Ericsson’s [...]

Sony Cybershot DSC-T500: 10MP Digital Camera with 720p Movie Recording at 30fps

Sony Cybershot DSC-T500 Specifications
Display: 3.5″ wide transflective touch TFT LCD
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Display Pixel Format: 640 x 360 for a total of 230K pixels
Image Sensor: 1/2.3″ Super HAD CCD 10.3MP (10.1MP effective)
Image Format: JPEG, 3648 x 2736 (max)
Video: 720p 30fps limited to 10 minutes per clip
Video Pixel Format: 1280 x 720
Video Codec: MPEG4 AVC/H.264
Lens: Carl Zeiss [...]

What will you miss out on without Synaptic touchpads on your MSI Wind?

Touchpads on a notebook PC is essential in navigating whatever is on the LCD. With a proper working touchpad, everything is fine and at times you might even forget you’re not using a mouse. When the touchpad does not work as expected, that is when you start hyperventilating as you desperately search for a mouse.
There [...]

Fujitsu Lifebook U2010: 5.6″ Convertible Netbook

Fujitsu Lifebook U2010 Specifications
Display: 5.6″ Wide Touch TFT LCD
Pixel Format: Reported as 1024 x 768, but most likely 1024 x 600
CPU: 1.6GHz or 1.8gHz Intel Atom
HDD: 80GB
RAM: 1GB
External Storage: SD
Connectivity: 3G, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB
Other: Biometric Fingerprint Reader
Weight: 1.5lbs (680g)
Price: Around US$1300

Fujitsu’s Lifebook U2010 is a bit late to the netbook game, but still ahead [...]

BlackBerry Thunder: No More Physical Keyboard

RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones have always come with a physical QWERTY keyboard. CrackBerry addicts love typing away at the keyboard. The keyboard is one of the main distinctions between it and Apple’s iPhone, which eschews such crude old-school technology for the latest marvel in technology: touch. With a large TFT LCD display coupled with touch technology, [...]

Rumor: Apple MacBook Touch

Apple MacBook Touch Specifications
Display: ≤13.3″ Wide Multitouch Haptic (?) TFT LCD
Connectivity: GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth
Other: Accelerometer, Ambient Light Sensor, App Store-compatible
Availability: October 2008

According to MacDailyNews, the rumor is that a Mac tablet is in the works: MacBook touch. The renderings in the picture above looks pretty good, but the UI will need to be dramatically changed [...]

Samsung BlackJack III

Samsung Black III Specifications
Display: Touch TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 320 x 320
CPU: 528MHz
Camera: 3MP
Connectivity: A-GPS, WiFi, HSDPA
Availability: October, 2008

Samsung’s BlackJack III can be arriving this October, rumor has it. This must be a trend. The BlackJack III will be thicker than the BlackJack II. Just like the iPhone 3G is thicker (in the middle) than the [...]

LG Secret Black Label Series

LG Secret Black Label Series Specifications
Display: 2.4″ Touch Haptic TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 240 x 320
Colors: 262K
Camera: 5MP Autofocus, Up to ISO 800
Video: Up to 120fps, DivX
Connectivity: FM Radio, EDGE, HSDPA 3.6
Battery: 800mAh Lithium Ion (260 hr standby, 229 min talk, 123 min video telephony)
Dimensions: 50.8 x 102.8 x 11.8mm
Weight: 116g
Availability: Now, South Korea

LG has three [...]

Pantech IM-R300

Pantech IM-R300 Specifications
Display: 2.6″ Touch TFT LCD
Pixel Format: 400 x 240
Connectivity: HSDPA, WCDMA, GSM, GPS, DMB TV Tuner
Camera: 2MP
Memory: 260MB Internal, microSD
Dimensions: 51 x 102 x 13.9mm
Weight: 111g
Availability: South Korea

There are a lot of touch-capable smartphones on the market. Pantech introduced its IM-R300 touch smarphone featuring a 2.6″ touch-capable TFT LCD with a pixel format [...]