Tag archive: Touch Screen

Apple introduced OS X Lion yesterday but already one major complaint has been lodged against the Mac upgrade: Scrolling. Lion revolutionizes scrolling, literally reversing it. Now when you move your fingers up the trackpad, you scroll up the page instead of down, and vice versa. To be fair, we understand the change: Apple’s trying to capitalize on the popularity of touch gestures and must believe that natural instinct would have us move our hand… Read More

In European McDonald's, “Would you like fries with that?” may soon be a catch phrase recited by computers. According to the Financial Times, the fast food behemoth plans to replace many humanoid cashiers at its 7,000 locations in the region with touch screen terminals. The adoption of these heartless ordering systems also means the end of cash as an accepted payment method, as the machines will only take credit and debit cards.… Read More

Casio is taking advantage of the Facebook photo craze with its 2011 release. At CES today the camera manufacturer introduced the TRYX, an extremely flexible digicam built with self portraits in mind. Casio executive Jin Nakayama debuted the camera this afternoon, and stressed how the device can capture images at virtually any angle. The TRYX has an extremely tiny body with a sturdy feel, and features a snap out and swivel frame that can be used… Read More

The One Laptop Per Child project, which aims to put computers in the hands of children in emerging markets so they aren't left out of the digital revolution, said on Thursday it plans to add an option for a touchscreen to its forthcoming OLPC XO 1.75 laptop, which is schedule to start shipping in 2011. Although the XO 1.75 will also be available without a touchscreen—and those versions will be less costly—the OLPC project… Read More

Remember the HTC O2 XDA? Neither do we, but just for the record, HTC would like to remind you that it was the first 3.5-inch color touch screen phone in the world when it launched back in 2002. You know, in case Apple wants to get all technical about who did what first. So goes the company’s official response to Apple’s recent lawsuit, which HTC published Wednesday in a press release aptly named “HTC disagrees with Apple’s actions.” Although the… Read More

Maybe I’m just the kind of guy who demands to get my money’s worth, but my iPhone hasn’t left my side ever since I shelled out the full contract price of $500 for the 16 GB 3G version. In fact, I use the darn thing so much that it has paid for itself many times over if you equate time used to money – I probably owe the gizmo $20 at this point. What’s more, the variety of functions it can perform is downright amazing, most of which are made… Read More

Buttons belong to 20th century. While we’re sure that making electrical contact with the press of finger seemed nigh-miraculous at the same time that most people were still using the bathroom outside, the little switches and levers that brought us to this current age of technology have worn out their welcome. We’re ready for something better. We’re ready for something more refined. We’re ready for touch screens. The pretty little displays you… Read More