Where the Multitouch Devices Are | LarryLarsen

ecofriend

MSRPs would have been nice too. I guess I could Bing it but it would have helped narrow my search a little. Wink

eoinc

Are the number of touchpoints the same for all devices? It would be good to include the max number of touchpoints too. Thanks.

Trancecoder
Arktronic

As far as multitouch technologies themselves go, resistive should not necessarily be last. I was at CEATEC earlier this year, and Stantum had a booth there with a demo of their unlimited points resistive multitouch technology - very impressive. There are probably videos of it on YouTube. I'm not aware of any actual implementations of it in computers, though. I just wanted to mention that resistive isn't always bad.

LarryLarsen
A new world man putting the new world in order.

In reply to eoinc

#Oct 22nd @ 6:17 PM

I didn't include # of touchpoints because that depends on the drivers and I shouldn't plant a benchmark flag on someone else's code. Basically, it would be safe to assume 2 on the opticals and 4 on the capacitives, but it may vary.

LarryLarsen
A new world man putting the new world in order.

In reply to Trancecoder

#Oct 22nd @ 7:29 PM

Point taken, I can't say I've used a multitouch resistive screen before. Resistive depends on mechanically pushing two films together. In my opinion, maintaining that pressure connection while sliding multiple fingers around the screen won't be as good an experience as capactive. But I could be wrong and I'm looking forward to trying out all methods. Given this one was on an Eee machine, I think it's safe to stack rank it at the bottom of this list.

MaxPalmer

Nice to see some multitouch monitors appearing at last. Shame so many are only two track point, not 4 or 5 (even better for hand interactions).

Would really like to see some 7 inch multitouch screen with a small bezel so I could use a couple for an interactive multitouch replacement for my TouchStream keyboard. The best of both worlds then!

Max

figuerres
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In reply to MaxPalmer

#Oct 23rd @ 3:57 AM

well i am sure that if the sales show that folks want the systems with touch then more monitors will follow.

at least it's good to see that the list of compaies who are willing to try this is good sized... now to see if they sell enough units for them to keep offering them.

mean while just as a silly demo app / for fun / I am thinking of a WPF and Touch LCARS screen....

for those who do not know what that refers to look at StarTrek the Next Generation, all over the ship they had touch scrrens with a style of graphics to them.... you tap a yellow /red area and fire phasers and so on...

ivan_

This is more channel 9 comment.

If you click on "Share" drop down up on top, the drop down list will be under "Rating" control. So either z-index is messed up or your drop down needs an iframe.

I am running under IE 8.0.6001.18702 and SL 3.

LarryLarsen
A new world man putting the new world in order.

In reply to figuerres

#Oct 23rd @ 4:42 AM

Touch LCARS - +1

Make	Model	Platform	Form Factor	Technology
Acer	Aspire AS5738PG	Notebook	Clamshell	Capacitive
Acer	Aspire Z5610	Desktop	All-in-One	Optical
Asus	Eee PC T91	Netbook	Netbook	Resistive
Dell	SX2210T 21.5” Monitor	Monitor		Optical
Dell	Studio One 19	Desktop	All-in-One	Optical
Dell	Latitude XT2	Notebook	Tablet	Capacitive
Fujitsu	Lifebook T4310	Notebook	Tablet	Capacitive
Fujitsu	Lifebook T4410	Notebook	Tablet	Capacitive
Fujitsu	LifeBook 5010	Notebook	Tablet	Capacitive
Fujitsu	DeskPower F Series	Desktop	All-in-One	Optical
Gateway	Gateway One ZX4800	Desktop	All-in-One	Optical
HP	HP 21.5” Compaq L2105tm	Monitor		Optical
HP	HP 42” LD4200tm	Monitor		Optical
HP	TouchSmart 600t	Desktop	All-in-One	Optical
HP	TouchSmart 300z	Desktop	All-in-One	Optical
HP	TouchSmart TX2	Notebook	Tablet	Capacitive
HP	TouchSmart dx9100	Desktop	All-in-One	Optical
Lenovo	ThinkPad X200	Notebook	Tablet	Capacitive
Lenovo	ThinkPad T400	Notebook	Clamshell	Capacitive
Medion	X9613	Desktop	All-in-One	Optical
Sony	VAIO L	Desktop	All-in-One	Optical
Toshiba	Satellite U505	Notebook	Clamshell	Capacitive
Toshiba	Satellite M505	Notebook	Clamshell	Capacitive