HP Pavilion dv3 with multitouch screen spotted in the wild, we go hands-on
Our curious British fingers managed to stumble upon a European HP Pavilion dv3 blessed with Windows 7 and multitouch on both the screen and the trackpad. The keyboard was great to type on with negligible flex, but the trackpad suffers from the same glossy issues on other recent HPs — although it responded to our multitouch gestures better than the capacitive screen did. Our major annoyance came from the attempts to rotate pictures on the screen: we learned the hard way that the laptop (or Windows 7 itself) seemed to prefer more exaggerated rotation gestures than the MacBooks — perhaps one would get used to it over time. The hinge is fairly solid, but we still preferred holding the screen while touching it. On a brighter note we totally dig the inclusion of an HDMI port and an eSATA port, plus you’ll get up to seven hours of sweet battery juice from this 2.24kg (4.94 pounds) machine. Read on for our hands-on video and photo gallery.
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HP Pavilion dv3 with multitouch screen spotted in the wild, we go hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:28:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 27th, 2009
at 8:28pm by Richard Lai
Topics: Europe, Hp, Multi-touch, UK, Windows7, european, features, hewlett packard, laptop, multitouch, notebook, pavilion, touch screen, touchscreen, win 7, win7, windows 7
Aspire 1420p tablet cameos on Acer’s US site, at Chinese press event
He’s twisting away from the camera because he’s shy, obviously. Acer’s Aspire 1420p tablet made an appearance today at a Chinese press event, and our regional Engadget correspondents were there to grab as many glimpses as their cameras would allow. What makes it even sweet, though, is knowing this little guy’s coming to the states, as a rough product page was found on Acer’s US site. From what we read, it’s got a 11.6-inch LED-backlit multitouch screen with WXGA resolution, an Intel Celeron processor with integrated graphics, up to 8GB RAM and 320GB HDD, 802.11b/g/Draft-N, Bluetooth, a multi-card reader, webcam, and optional 3G. Some secrets remain, of course, like price and release date — where’s Encyclopedia Brown when you really need him?
[Thanks, Dennis L]
Read – US product page
Read – Engadget Chinese hands-on
Filed under: Laptops, Tablet PCs
Aspire 1420p tablet cameos on Acer’s US site, at Chinese press event originally appeared on Engadget on Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:59:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 23rd, 2009
at 3:59am by Ross Miller
Topics: 1420 p, 1420P, Acer Aspire, AcerAspire, Aspire1420p, Multi-touch, acer, aspire, aspire 1420p, multitouch, tablet
HTC’s HD2 continues to impress, reveals multi-touch web browsing
We’ve seen plenty about HTC’s hot HD2, gone hands-on and sized it up next to everyone’s most/least favorite smartphone, but there’s one thing we haven’t seen yet: multi-touch in IE. The video embedded below from Techblog.gr is in a language you may not quite understand, but certainly everyone can grok the snappy UI performance and the pinch zooming demonstrated at the 2:20 mark. It does look a wee bit unresponsive at this point, but HTC still has time to make things perfect before releasing it here — though to be honest we’d rather just have it now.
[Via WMPoweruser.com]
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HTC’s HD2 continues to impress, reveals multi-touch web browsing originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 22 Oct 2009 06:57:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 22nd, 2009
at 7:57am by Tim Stevens
Topics: HtcHd2, Multi-touch, Multi-touchIe, Multi-touchInternetExplorer, WindowsMobile, WindowsMobile6.5, hd2, htc, htc hd2, multi-touch ie, multi-touch internet explorer, pinch, windows mobile, windows mobile 6.5
Apple’s Magic Mouse: one button, multitouch gestures, Bluetooth, four-month battery life
Ready for some more Apple news? Good. Say goodbye to the Mighty Mouse (for reasons beyond those legal entanglements) — the Magic Mouse has arrived. Hate buttons or moving parts? So does Apple, and nothing exemplifies the company’s march towards a buttonless future more than this “two button” laser mouse, which has one button and no scroll wheel — just a multitouch surface (a hard acrylic) across the top. With the Magic Mouse you’re able to do familiar gestures from the Mac trackpad playbook such as two-finger swipes, but you can also do single-finger horizontal and vertical scrolling, complete with a software-based inertia. Sorry kids, no pinch zoom. The wireless device boasts a four-month battery life, and will be available today for $69. Full press release is after the break.
Filed under: Peripherals
Apple’s Magic Mouse: one button, multitouch gestures, Bluetooth, four-month battery life originally appeared on Engadget on Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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Posted: October 20th, 2009
at 1:01pm by Joshua Topolsky
Topics: Apple, AppleMagicMouse, BreakingNews, MagicMouse, MightyMouse, MousePad, Multi-touch, MultitouchMouse, apple magic mouse, breaking news, magic mouse, mice, mighty mouse, mouse, mouse pad, multitouch, multitouch mouse
Acer Aspire Z5610 Emphasizes Style Over Speed [Desktops]
The Z5610 seems like a better-looking, but less powerful version of the Gateway ZX6800. Both all-in-one PCs have 23-inch (1080p) multi-touch displays, and Windows 7. But the Z5610’s 2.6GHz Pentium E5300 processor won’t match the Gateway’s Core 2 Quad chip.
This initial $900 Z5610 also lacks the built-in Blu-ray drive or TV tuner we saw in our April preview. If you’re after an all-in-one that doubles as a TV, you might be better off looking at HP’s TouchSmart 600 or Sony’s Vaio L. The $1400 Gateway ZX6800 has a TV tuner, but not Blu-ray.
In terms of looks, the Z5610 holds its own. An ambient lighting strip between the display and sound bar illuminates the keyboard in the dark, and the PC’s chrome legs create room to stow away the keyboard and tilt the display 10-20 degrees.
The rest of the specs are pretty basic, though: 4GB DDR3-800 RAM (expandable to 8GB), 320GB hard disk, 512MB ATI Mobility Radeon HD4570 graphics, SuperMulti optical drive, 6 USB slots, and one eSATA port. You also get 802.11n and Gigabit networking, plus a bundled wireless keyboard and mouse.
Underpowered, yes. But not bad for the price. The Aspire Z5610 arrives sometime before Christmas for $800.
Posted: October 15th, 2009
at 7:41am by Danny Allen
Topics: 7, All, Desktops, In, Multi-touch, PC, Windows, Z5610, acer, acer Aspire Z5610, all-in-one, all-in-ones, aspire, multitouch, one, ones
