Since I first read about the new concept of Tactus keyboard by Art Lebedev, I was intrigued how similar the idea is to the one described in Apple’s Multi-Touch keyboard patents.
The basic idea is the same - a full touch surface peripheral, that can be programmed to perform various input tasks. About the only (maybe) […]

On the first look, Apple Multi-Touch interface looks really impressive. And it actually is perfect for the small devices like iPhone or iPod Touch.
But once you start thinking about the applicability of Multi-Touch for bigger things like laptops, desktop keyboards and screens or Tablet PCs, the limitations of it become obvious.
Enter Apple Multi-Touch 2.0, described […]

Steve Jobs have called Multi-Touch interface on Macs an ongoing experiment. Sure it is. But it’s quite an intensive experiment that is very likely to produce the results soon.
The latest Apple’s patent filing  to become public called “Wide touchpad on a portable computer” (it’s a continuation patent for earlier 2004 patent application), shows how Multi-Touch […]

Apple stumbled on an iPhone idea while experimenting with a multi touch interface for a possible tablet device. And while most of Apple’s work with touch has been focused on an iPhone since then, it does not mean that Apple abandoned the idea of bringing touch interface to traditional computing devices such as iMac desktops […]

What’s with Samsung and it’s obsession with thinness?
First they went for the worlds thinnest laptop - Samsung X11. Then they’ve got worlds slimmest phone - Samsung X820. Then, with Samsung Ultra Edition II, their phones got even thinner .
And now it’s time for the thinnest Samsung Ultra Slim Mouse 8.0.