Neowin News Feed for: Multi-touch

Raspberry Pi launches new 5″ Touch Display 2 at $40

Paul Hill — Mon, 18 Aug 2025 09:24:01 +0000

Raspberry Pi has launched a 5" variant of the Touch Display 2. It joins the 7" variant launched last year and at a lower cost. Read more...

Tactus makes touch screens physical

Alfonso Maruccia — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:22:43 +0000

A new technology aims at giving multi-touch displays a more physical look and feel, hopefully solving one of the main issues of the touch technology when data and text entry is involved. Read more...

Microsoft files for new multi-touch UI patents

John Callaham — Sat, 27 Aug 2011 16:53:10 +0000

Microsoft has filed for several patents that show off various multi-touch interfaces that might be used in future products, including Windows 8. Read more...

Quick Review: Firefox 4 multi-touch

Brad Sams — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 12:26:44 +0000

Mozilla recently revealed that its newest beta of Firefox 4 supports multi-touch. Neowin recently received a Lenovo M90z with touch capabilities and has tested out Firefox's newest feature. We tested the new capabilities using a... Read more...

Apple patent highlights multi-touch Nano wheels

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 18:29:53 +0000

News posted on AppleInsider's website today draws attention to the possibility of a new generation of multi-touch iPods. This exciting news was discovered by the people at AppleInsider who claim to have discovered a recent... Read more...

Interview: Creators of 103" plasma air hockey table

Andrew Lyle — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 17:57:33 +0000

In an exclusive Neowin interview with Kalem Fletcher, one of the creators behind a 103" multi-person, multi-touch plasma air hockey showcase piece, we had the chance to ask a couple of questions about the very... Read more...

Android's lack of multi-touch due to Apple?

Brad Sams — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 13:26:16 +0000

Google's move into the mobile market space gave the consumer another choice for a mobile platform. It's is also no secret that Apple and Google work closely together on products and according to one... Read more...

Apple's Multi-Touch patent not so strong to sue competitors

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:39:19 +0000

Just a few days after Apple officially secured a patent for its touchscreen technology used in iPhone and iPod touch, Apple's interim CEO Tim Cook warned its iPhone competitors that the company will use any... Read more...

Apple awarded multi-touch patent

Tom Warren — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:18:48 +0000

Apple has been awarded a patent protecting their touch screen device, method, and graphical user interface for determining commands by applying heuristics. Commonly used in the iPhone, this protects the method of multi touch and... Read more...

Multi-touch LG KF900 Prada is launched

Fri, 21 Nov 2008 09:13:01 +0000

The latest phone from LG, the KF900, may be able to steal marketshare from the iPhone. It has been revealed that the phone sports a capacitive display allowing it to achieve multi-touch input. This comes... Read more...

Pupils test multi-touch screens

Tom Warren — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 06:48:36 +0000

School pupils are trying out desks with interactive screens that can recognise more than one person's finger presses. Researchers at Durham University observed classroom interactions then worked with manufacturers to produce the necessary software... Read more...

Microsoft demonstrates Multi-touch Windows 7

Tom Warren — Wed, 28 May 2008 07:58:55 +0000

After yesterdays announcements Microsoft finally demonstrated Windows 7 in public yesterday. Microsoft has been investing in many forms of natural input to enable users to interact with the PC and their devices using touch. Last... Read more...