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Albatron’s 42 inches of optical touch monitor get examined on video

While Dell and HP were busy holding a competition to see who could do a worse job of announcing their new optical multitouch displays, Albatron was crafting away a 42-inch monstrosity to completely steal their thunder. The optical part refers to a pair of CMOS sensors embedded in the bezel which are responsible for touch detection, a cheaper alternative to your typical capacitive and resistive tech, which requires an extra USB connection between the monitor and computer. Although some issues were found with Windows 7’s multitouch implementation, the promise of recognizing more than two fingers with the proper software support and the general responsiveness of the unit whet our appetite for more. Alas, nobody dares speak of a price, but a 1080p 22-inch model is already available for $450, in case you wanted to add to your touchy-feely shortlist. The video after the break contains the hands-on and a little mystery — why is there Bulgarian handwriting on the whiteboard in the background?

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Albatron’s 42 inches of optical touch monitor get examined on video originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 12:23:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted: October 28th, 2009
at 1:23pm by Vladislav Savov

Topics: AlbatronOtm, Cmos, CmosSensors, Hands-onVideo, MultitouchDisplay, MultitouchMonitor, OpticalTouch, OpticalTouchMonitor, TemperedGlass, TouchscreenMonitor, Windows 7 multitouch, Windows7, Windows7Multitouch, albatron, albatron otm, cmos sensors, display, hands on, hands-on video, monitor, multitouch, multitouch display, multitouch monitor, optical touch, optical touch monitor, otm, screen, tempered glass, touchscreen, touchscreen monitor, video, win7, windows 7

MSI’s Wind Top AE2220 all-in-one PC brings 21.6-inch multitouch panel, Win7

MSI’s Wind Top line seems to be expanding at a breakneck pace, and the latest entry is actually worth bending over backwards to get a look at. Boasting a 21.6-inch multitouch display (1,920 x 1,080 native resolution), the all-in-one desktop also features Windows 7 Home Premium, 4GB of DDR2 memory, a 640GB hard drive, NVIDIA’s GeForce 9300 integrated graphics set (or Ion, if you please), an HDMI output, a bundled wireless keyboard / mouse and your choice of a 2.2GHz Core 2 Duo T6600 or 2.1GHz Pentium T4300 processor. You’ll also get eSATA support, WiFi, a 1.3-megapixel camera and a 6-in-1 card reader. Three versions are up for pre-order right now at Amazon, with the cheapest pegged at $659.99 and the most pricey at $899.99.

[Via Engadget Korea]

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MSI’s Wind Top AE2220 all-in-one PC brings 21.6-inch multitouch panel, Win7 originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 09:18:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted: October 28th, 2009
at 10:18am by Darren Murph

Topics: AioPc, All-in-onePc, AllInOne, AllInOnePc, MSI, MsiWindTop, WindTop, WindTopAe2220, Windows7, ae2220, aio, aio pc, all-in-one, all-in-one pc, desktop, ion, msi wind top, multitouch, wind top, wind top ae2220, windows 7

Windows 7 receives 7,000 domino salute (video)

If 7,000 dominoes fall in a forest of cheering Microsoft employees, do they make enough noise for us to care? We don’t usually tell Microsoft how to run its promotions, but a domino installation that takes a full three minutes to topple is pretty much an open invitation for “slow boot-up” jokes, and a climactic finale that revolves around a hot air balloon version of your logo crashing against a glass ceiling might also create the wrong impression. Ah well, these guys are engineers and not choreographers, after all — you can see the fruit of their labor after the break.

[Thanks, Colin]

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Windows 7 receives 7,000 domino salute (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 08:21:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted: October 28th, 2009
at 9:21am by Vladislav Savov

Topics: Microsoft, Windows, Windows7, Windows7Launch, domino, dominoes, hyderabad, india, launch, video, win7, windows 7, windows 7 launch

Lenovo’s IdeaPad S12 finally on sale with Windows 7, NVIDIA Ion

Lenovo made us a promise back in August that the Ion-powered version of its IdeaPad S12 would finally be loosed after the introduction of Windows 7, and lo and behold, that very machine is now available to order directly from the outfit itself. The lone Ion configuration starts at $599, and as predicted, it packs a 1.6GHz N270 processor, Windows 7 Home Premium (32-bit), a 256MB Ion GPU, 2GB of DDR2 memory, a 12.1-inch display (1,280 x 800), a 250GB hard drive, Bluetooth 2.1+EDR, WiFi and a six-cell battery. So, if you’ve held on this long, are you finally jumping in now that the opportunity has presented itself?

[Via Mark's Technology Blog]

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Lenovo’s IdeaPad S12 finally on sale with Windows 7, NVIDIA Ion originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 02:34:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Posted: October 28th, 2009
at 3:34am by Darren Murph

Topics: IdeaPad, IdeapadS12, LenovoIdeapad, LenovoIdeapadS12, NowAvailable, Nvidia ion, NvidiaIon, OnSale, Windows7, available, ideapad s12, ion, lenovo, lenovo ideapad, lenovo ideapad s12, netbook, now available, on sale, windows 7

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.

Gallery: HP Pavilion dv3 with multitouch screen spotted in the wild, we go hands-on