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- Spring Design Sues Barnes & Noble; Claims Breach Of NDA
- Somehow a lawsuit had to be lurking ... Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS), which took a spin on the floor with just about everyone before announcing its own e-reader, is being sued by Spring Design for misappropriation of trade secrets and violating a non-disclosure agreement. Cupertino-based Spring claims B&N...
- External links 2009-11-03
- City of Orlando Operations Center
- Housed in a nondescript bomb-proof building at an undisclosed location, Orlando's Operation Center is the top secret hub for all of the city's police, fire and EMS emergency communications. It is also home to the Orlando's terrorist response team, with offices for the mayor and staff. In an effort to...
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- Nokia's First Touchscreen: It's No iPhone, It's More Sociable
- Nokia's first mass-market phone with a touchscreen was always going to suffer from the inevitable iPhone comparisons. After using it for a week, I've concluded the XpressMusic 5800 is no iPhone killer - nor is it trying to be. Extending the hallmark Symbian S60 to accommodate touch interaction whilst...
- External links 2008-11-26
- Microsoft leads USD24m round in N-Trig
- Microsoft is leading a USD24m round in Israeli startup N-Trig, along with Aurum Ventures, Challenger Ltd., Canaan Partners, and Evergreen Venture Partners. N-Trig manufactures touch screens for computers that are already used in the HP TouchSmart and Dell Lattitude XT. ...
- Articles 2009-01-14
- Atmel Corp. Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions. Our first question is from the line of Craig Hettenbach with Goldman Sachs. Craig Hettenbach - Goldman Sachs Steve, you mentioned Touch as an area that you are pursuing aggressively for 2009. Can you just talk about Atmel's positioning with Quantum and ABR, and...
- Earnings calls 2009-02-04
- Report: Sony's New E-Readers Come With Discounts?But Still No WiFi
- *Sony* plans to launch two new e-readers tomorrow—one with a touch screen, priced at just $299—to better compete in an e-book market that has grown increasingly crowded with rivals like Plastic Logic, Samsung, and of course, Amazon (NSDQ: AMZN). The Sony (NYSE: SNE) readers will hit stores later this...
- External links 2009-08-04
- Dell and Intel to release touch-screen tablet - Rumour
- Dell and Intel are rumoured to be collaborating on a new touch-screen tablet due for release next year. It is believed the device will serve as a subscription based e-reader for displaying newspapers, magazines and other media, putting it in direct competition with Amazon’s Kindle e-book reader. ...
- Articles 2009-08-04
- Sony opens new chapter in e-book fight
- Sony has unveiled its bid to reclaim ground lost to Amazon.com in the battle for control of the emerging electronic book market with a wireless, touch-screen reader priced at $399.The Japanese electronics group's new Reader Daily Edition, which will hit the US market in December, costs $100 more than...
- External links 2009-08-25
- Microsoft Paring Zune Line Down To Touchscreen HD
- Microsoft (NSDQ: MSFT) is betting the pot on the soon-to-launch Zune HD—at least when it comes its own devices. by Staci D. Kramer
- External links 2009-09-02
- Say Hello to the BlackBerry Storm
- It's official: RIM just took the wraps off a decidedly iPhone-like BlackBerry, one it hopes will take the world by...wait for it...Storm. As someone who considers a touchscreen mandatory equipment in a phone, I've never been a big BlackBerry fan (though I do enjoy blackberries...yum). The Storm...
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- How to Lock the BlackBerry Storm's Touchscreen
- RIM's first touchscreen BlackBerry certainly has faced a Storm of criticism, hasn't it? One complaint is with the touchscreen, which remains active during a call (unlike the iPhone's, which goes dark when held against your head). Fortunately, there's TalkLock, a free utility that locks the Storm's touchscreen...
- Blog posts 2009-01-12
- Touch Screen Market to Hit $9B by 2015
- It is probably obvious to say that the touch screen market is growing, given Apple's success, Microsoft's Windows support for the devices, and various device and PC manufacturers like HP either having rolled out products or planning them. But market analyst firm DisplaySearch has a forecast suggesting a market size...
- Blog posts 2009-05-21
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- Acer Slaps a Multitouch Screen On Its $800 Aspire 5738PG [Acer]
- Copy this whole post to another site You wouldn't know it by looking at it, but that is Acer's new multitouch laptop. Sort of like Lenovo has done with the T400s, Acer has put a multitouch screen on an existing clamshell notebook. Besides its long ass model number, the 15.6-inch...
- News items 2009-10-14
- Review: Samsung Genio Touch
- Pull the Samsung Genio touch out of its packaging and you could be forgiven for mistaking it, at first glance, for the Palm Pre . The gentle curves, the 2.8-inch touchscreen and the rounded button in the middle of the face are all heavily reminiscent of Palm's...
- News items 2009-10-28
- 3M invests in capacitive touch technology development; New enhancements to world-renowned MicroTouch ClearTek II product line from 3M Touch Systems.
- M2 PRESSWIRE-14 March 2007-3M United Kingdom plc: 3M invests in capacitive touch technology development; New enhancements to world-renowned MicroTouch ClearTek II product line from 3M Touch SystemsC1994-2007 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:14032007 Bracknell, UK - 3M United Kingdom plc introduces significant new...
- Research articles 2007-03-14
- Telular Canada Inc. - IBM to remarket Granite Communications' hardware in new mobile solution
- BETHESDA, Md.--BUSINESS WIRE--Aug. 19, 1996--TELULAR CANADA INC. (TSE: TC) IBM today announced an agreement with Granite Communications, of Nashua, New Hampshire, to remarket Granite's VideoPadx hardware -- a handheld, touch-screen communications device -- as part of a new mobile solution for companies that move and track items such as packages...
- Research articles 1996-08-19
- The Time Has Come for Pay-to-Enable-Features Computer Devices
- Kevin Lawton submits: There is much chatter about the hyper-commoditization of computer devices causing a "race to the bottom." Additionally, the confluence of smartphone and mobile PC markets has not only the potential to disrupt either market, but also adds new hardware requirements to the traditional mobile PC market which...
- External links 2009-01-09
- T-Mobile HTC Touch Pro2 Review: Wait, How Much? [Review]
- Copy this whole post to another site The gadget: T-Mobile's take on the HTC Touch Pro2, a 3.6-inch-screened, slide-out-QWERTYed refresh to the company's flagship Windows Mobile phone. The price: $349 with a 2-year contractThe conclusion: A respectable swan song for Windows Mobile 6.1, the Touch Pro2 would be a safe...
- News items 2009-08-11
- A Windows to Help You Forget [Personal Technology]
- In just two weeks, on Oct. 22, Microsoft's long operating-system nightmare will be over. The company will release Windows 7, a faster and much better operating system than the little-loved Windows Vista, which did a lot to harm both the company's reputation, and the productivity and blood pressure of its...
- News items 2009-10-07
- BlackBerry Storm2 Faces Uphill Struggle Against iPhone Despite Improvements
- Vodafone has announced it will be offering the BlackBerry Storm2, and many expect Verizon Wireless to soon do the same in the United States. The early word from several analysts is that while the Storm2 is only a slight improvement on the Storm, it may nevertheless be a holiday hit.UK...
- News items 2009-10-16
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