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A Turning Point for Touch Screens, Says the NYT

Posted by timothy on from the they-sure-make-gps-devices-handier dept.

The New York Times has a story up on the suddenly brisk market for touch screens and the devices which can make use of them, which it says "has grown quietly for years, both in commercial applications and in consumer devices." Besides the obvious (the iPhone, and Apple's use of multi-touch generally), the article also mentions the recent inclusion of Israeli company N-Trig's version of multi-touch technology in a Dell notebook computer, and some of the other places you can expect to see touchscreens instead of display-only ones in the near future — if the price drops quickly enough.

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  1. First? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oye Vey

  2. Gaming Slashdot by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    see:

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=651859&cid=24683041
    http://slashdot.org/~willyhill/journal/205317

    also see:

    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=562692&cid=23524480
    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=573869&cid=23659029
    http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=563593&cid=23536795

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    1. Re:Ripe for failure by GigaplexNZ · · Score: 0, Offtopic

      UAC: You can not make this thumbnail bigger because the rights holder says you can't. Cancel or Allow?

      Cancel or allow what? It was an error message, not a warning with confirmation. If you really insist on insulting Vista, at least do it right.

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