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OmniTouch Turns Everything Into a Touchscreen

By Fei on October 21, 2011

By Sarah Mitroff
October 21, 2011

SAN FRANCISCO – Now you have an excuse to touch everything.

Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University and Microsoft Research have created OmniTouch, a wearable system that turns walls, arms, hands, table tops, paper, and just about everything else into interactive touch surfaces.

What makes it all work is a depth-sensing camera that tracks finger movements. The system includes the camera and a laser pico-projector–which looks like a Microsoft Kinect that is worn on the user’s shoulder. The projector displays numbers, letters, or any other graphic on a surface for you to interact with. You can dial a phone number, type on a keyboard, and even interact with drawing apps or map projections on your hand or a piece of paper. OmniTouch is also smart enough to distinguish between a finger that has clicked on a selection and one that is just hovering. It also boasts that no calibration and no special training are needed to operate the device.

I can imagine this technology being helpful for people who have visual or motor skill limitations that make using a smartphone difficult. Despite the growing size of smartphone screens, some people still have some difficulty in using them. With the OmniTouch, people would have a larger area with which they could interact with their devices instead of just being confined to a small 4-inch screen.

This is just a proof of concept right now, but hopefully it makes its way to the mainstream market soon. After all, who wouldn’t want to be able to doodle on whatever surface they wanted?

MSI netbook has two touchscreens

By Fei on January 11, 2010

By Paul Trotter
January 11, 2009

LONDON – MSI is demonstrating a number of prototype PCs and laptops on its CES stand, including two dual-screen netbooks.

The products use two touchscreen LCDs which could be used in a couple of different ways. One could display a touchscreen keyboard with the other operating as a traditional laptop display, for instance. Alternatively, the netbooks could be turned on their side and used as ebooks, an MSI representative said.

The larger of the two prototypes has two 10in screens, with the other offering two 7in displays. Both run Windows 7 and include Intel Menlow processors. Data storage is on 32GB or 64GB solid-state drives.

An MSI spokesperson admitted that the inclusion of two touchscreen LCDs would make the systems more expensive than traditional netbooks, should they ever be officially launched.

MSI is also showing off a more traditional e-book reader at CES. The Google Android-based device includes a 10in touchscreen and Nvidia’s Arm-based Tegra chips. The spokesperson said the e-book reader is more than just a concept but didn’t reveal pricing details or a release date.
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Samsung Star (S5230) and Preston (S5600) touchscreen phones launched

By blogadmin on May 3, 2009

Samsung Preston (S5230) & Samsung Star (S5600)
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Samsung has unveiled the Samsung Star (S5230) and Samsung Preston (S5600) for the global market. Boasting a compact design and intuitive usability, the products answer today’s customer needs of a full touch phone at affordable prices. Supporting 2.5G networks (Star) and 3G networks (Preston) respectively, Samsung is able to expand its full touch product portfolio and target various consumers.

Prior to their market availability, the Samsung Star and Samsung Preston have attracted tremendous market interest and demands.

“Samsung Star and Samsung Preston are significant additions to our full-touch screen mobile portfolio, featuring all the essential functions in one single device,” said JK Shin, executive vice president and head of Mobile Communications division at Samsung Electronics. “I am pretty confident that the products will be one of our historical best selling mobiles. Focusing on our consumer-oriented strategy, Samsung will deliver various full touch products for every lifestyle,” he added.

In line with product launching, Samsung will conduct various marketing promotion activities. ‘Samsung Mobile Live’, which is the company’s “experiential marketing” program will be held at popular spots in major launching countries from June. At this event, consumers will be able to touch and learn about newest features of Samsung’s full touch products without the pressure of a sales pitch. Throughout the program, Samsung will deliver the core message of ‘Get in Touch’ in a compelling way to solidify its leadership in full touch products.

A new television commercial for the Samsung Star will be aired in Eastern Europe, Latin America, Middle East Africa, South East Asia and South West Asia by the end of May.

Samsung Star (S5230)

Samsung Star comes with the latest multimedia features in a slim and compact body that measures a mere 11.9mm. Adopting a 3.0-inch WQVGA full-touch screen and Samsung’s TouchWiz User Interface with Mobile Widgets, the phone enables its users to enjoy their mobile easily and intuitively. Using “Photo Contact,” users can call a contact by simply touching an appointed image.

The Samsung Star boasts various multimedia features including a 3.2 mega-pixel camera and video recording supporting QVGA@15fps. It supports multi-format and DNSe for ease of use and better sound quality. The phone also features music recognition using Shazam’s “Find Music” service. To enjoy various multimedia content, Samsung Star supports 50MB memory capacity with an external memory slot up to 8GB. The users can enjoy full Internet browsing with an accelerometer sensor for auto-rotation. For convenience, the phone also supports a QWERTY soft keyboard, “Gesture Lock” and handwriting features. The product also comes with various colors including Soft pink and Snow white.

Samsung Star will be available in Europe, Middle East Africa, South East Asia, South West Asia and Latin America from April.

Samsung Preston (S5600)

The Samsung Preston attracts style-conscious users with its slim and compact design. Full Internet browsing support with an accelerometer sensor for auto-rotation also gives users exciting mobile Internet experiences via 7.2Mbps HSDPA connectivity.

Equipped with a 2.8-inch QVGA full-touch screen, Samsung Preston adopted the TouchWiz User Interface and “Gesture Lock” feature, designed to customize and personalize the way you use your phone. Mobile widgets can be placed on the screen for one-click access to your favorite applications. Samsung Preston comes with a 3.2 mega-pixel camera, Music Recognition using Shazam’s “Find Music” service, and Multi-codec support including H.263, MPEG4, and WMV. The handset’s generous memory (80MB and Micro SD slot up to 8GB) ensures ample storage space for multimedia content. Samsung Preston will be available in Sweet pink, Snow white, and Charcoal grey colors.

Samsung Preston will be available in Europe and Asia from May.