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Photos: Second coming for touchscreen BlackBerry
Photo The Storm2 also comes with BlackBerry's SurePress - a touchscreen that gives users' tactile feedback when typing and allows the device to differentiate between commands: for example, a user could highlight an option on... [15 Oct 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Apple iPhone
Cheat Sheet While Apple did not invent touchscreen mobiles - both Palm and Windows Mobile devices have had touchscreens for years - once again the company used some of its magic dust to transform the status quo, doing away with a fiddly stylus in... [02 Sep 2009]
Future BlackBerrys to pack hybrid touchscreens?
News For example, a tactile feedback can be provided more quickly, providing a better user feel. BlackBerry maker RIM has applied for a patent on a hybrid resistive-capacitive touchscreen. The company's patent application,... [07 Aug 2009]
Apple patents point to fingerprint recognition?
News The haptic feedback patent, if approved, would bring the iPhone (and possibly other Apple devices) in line with rival handsets, which already provide localised tactile feedback in, for example, an on-screen soft keyboard. [06 Jul 2009]
Start-ups placing faith in the cloud
News The start-ups at the meeting were, BeLocal, EverCity, Favorit, NTT Europe, OneIS, Practice-IT, Tactile CRM and Yuuguu. Start-ups stand in a good position to benefit from new technology developments such as the cloud,... [07 Nov 2008]
BlackBerry Storms the touchscreen market
News RIM has developed something new called ClickThrough, which consists of a suspension system that lies beneath the display, so that when you go to select an application or enter text, you actually push the screen down like you would any... [08 Oct 2008]
Nokia Xpress steams in with iPhone killer
News On the outside there's an expansive 3.2-inch touchscreen with tactile feedback that serves as the primary interface tool. While LG and Samsung were quick to play their touchscreen phone cards after the release of the... [03 Oct 2008]
Smart phone battle: Qwerty vs touchscreen
News Touchscreens are just too fiddly and have no tactile feedback. That view is backed by IT chiefs who say that, particularly for business users, the Qwerty keyboard on a smart phone or PDA is easier to use and gives more... [22 May 2008]
'iPhone effect' ripples through smart phone market
News Among the features likely to proliferate in terms of enhancing user interface experiences include touchscreens, touchpads and accelerometers allowing tilt and shock sensing, as well as haptics for providing tactile... [25 Mar 2008]
Are iPhone-style touchscreens mobile's future?
News But not all mobile users are keen to get overly tactile with their mobile: 28 per cent of respondents said they only want a traditional numeric keypad. With two weeks to go until the US launch of Apple's much-anticipated... [15 Jun 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Press and wait
Comment I now very often find the position, action and viewing angle of screens, displays and characters, plus tactile feedback of keys and buttons, less than satisfactory. Compiled in Brighton UK and on the train to Paris. [18 May 2006]
Roach robot to infiltrate insect societies?
News It's equipped with six two-dimensional colour cameras, two tactile antennae, a vibration sensor and a light sensor to detect when a cockroach is present - a difficult task because cockroaches are brown and tend to live... [25 Jul 2005]
Microsoft hit for $26m in Immersion lawsuit
News Microsoft has settled a patent infringement suit and received the rights to use Immersion’s technology for providing tactile responses in devices such as joysticks. Under the deal, Microsoft will pay Immersion $26m for... [29 Jul 2003]
Thinking about your holidays: Technology takes the pain away
Comment The use of a tactile 'data glove' would also be some kind of breakthrough, and an advance from touchscreen technology. While fighting over current day-to-day use of IT is our bread and butter here at silicon.com, there's... [29 Aug 2001]
Fancy growing a tree on your office?
News Communal spaces need to be tactile and friendly, not simply the kettle and coffee jug in the corner. Linda Barker, a designer on BBC1's Changing Rooms, has put together her "Top Ten Tips" for making the most of your... [12 Jul 2000]
