Comments on: Apple Touch Screen Input Device

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:18:08 +0000

I know what you mean, but in practice I think it would be hard to get right without picking up false positives from the input surface. my iPhone works ok but you are never using more than 2 fingers on the screen at once. Imagine fast touch-typing and stylus input without picking up thigs like an accidental tap of the thumb or wrists,clothihng,jewelery lying on the device. That’s not to say that it couldn’t be developed but I doubt multitouch technology is there yet from what I’ve seen on tech demos.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:02:40 +0000

I didn’t say I wanted to change anything Dan, but if your Wacom intuos tablet had a multi-touch screen rather than just a blank surface, you could do away with the bluetooth keyboard and have an even neater desk!

That is quite a neat desk you have there! 🙂

Al.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:04:43 +0000

I’ll stick to my Cinema Display, bluetooth keyboard and Wacom Intuos ta

http://www.flickr.com/photos/surfr/2333101984/

By: freisprecheinrichtung

freisprecheinrichtung — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:00:59 +0000

Thanks for this update. The touch-screen technology is getting more advanced day-by-day.They have developed great gadgets so far and I hope the input device will be reality soon.

By: Andrew

Andrew — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:26:07 +0000

You need to watch this (http://ignorethecode.net/blog/2009/10/13/10_gui/), it’s pretty inventive. I think someone is going to come up with something soon. I have to say, I really hope it’s not Apple.

By: Alan

Alan — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 08:21:07 +0000

I’ve just discovered this as well:

http://www.appleinsider.com/articles/09/10/01/evidence_of_apples_tablet_like_input_interface_reappears.html

Maybe they are indeed working on something like this. No doubt they are miles ahead of me!