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New Capacitive Touchscreens Recognize Your Gloved Fingers

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2:30PM October 26, 2011 | Andrew Liszewski

It’s old news by now, but capacitive touchscreens can be a pain to use because they can’t detect your fingertaps through a pair of gloves. But SMK has improved the design of their 6.5-inch panels so that devices like car navigation systems can still be operated if you’re driving with gloves on. More »


Mobile

HTC Firestone Has Snapdragon, Capacitive Screen, Goes By “Leo”

10:42PM July 22, 2009 | John Herrman

It’s easy to forget nowadays, but Android is only a small part of HTC’s product line, and the much larger Windows Mobile portion could be about to get a new flagship device: the 4.3-inch, capacitive-screened, Snapdragon-powered Leo. More »


Computing

Should We Be Excited About The Archos9 Windows 7 Tablet Netbook?

9:00AM July 4, 2009 | Dan Nosowitz

We already knew pretty much everything about the Archos9 tablet netbook running Windows 7, but with nobody sure what kind of touchscreen the thing uses, we’re left to wonder if we’d want anything to do with a resistive-touchscreen tablet. More »


Mobile

Digitimes: Nokia Orders Capacitive (Read: Good) Screens for Upcoming Phone

8:13PM May 15, 2009 | John Herrman

Continuing their near-monopoly on the reportage of Asian display component rumours, Digitimes is now saying that Nokia has ordered capacitive touchscreens—the type that actually work well—from Wintek for an as-of-yet unannounced handset.

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