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Touchscreen Netbooks To Shine At CES 2009

i4u writes "The new generation of netbooks debuting at CES 2009 will add touch and have twistable screens to use them in tablet or notebook style. Intel is set to introduce a new Classmate netbook with a twistable screen and touchscreen at the CES 2009. Back in October Asus said it was planning to introduce touchscreen Asus Eee netbooks in early 2009. Asus is exhibiting at the CES Unveiled pre-show that takes place on January 6th. Expect the Asus Eee Touch to be unveiled then. Gigabyte has outrun all of them with the Intel Atom-powered M912V that has been on the market for a while. Adding a touchscreen is rather easy. More difficult is to offer a touch-optimized UI. Let's see what the netbook vendors are going to invest on the software side.

Touchscreen Phones and Mobile Apps: Fitting Hand in Glove

The popularity of Apple's App Store has shone a spotlight on the consumer desire for mobile smartphone applications -- lightweight programs that help with a specialized task or provide a moment of amusement. Mobile apps have a particularly large following among users of touchscreen smartphones. The iPhone rules the touchscreen phone market for now, but competition is heating up.

Nokia unveils touchscreen, Qwerty N71

Nokia on Tuesday launched the N97, the manufacturer's first smartphone to feature both a touchscreen and a slide-out full Qwerty keyboard. After the Nokia 5800, the N97 is the company's second-ever touchscreen mobile phone.

Nokia 6208 Classic gains touchscreen for China

Take and old mobile phone, add a touchscreen and bingo one new touchscreen mobile handset coming from Nokia in the form of the Nokia 6208 Classic which is set to hit China.

Sony's First Touchscreen Walkman Leaked, Looks Strikingly Familiar

Sony’s latest addition to the Walkman line is slated for a 2009 debut at CES. The supposed touchscreen Walkman will come in 16GB and 32GB flavors, sport an OLED screen, and even feature some Wi-Fi capabilities! You know, so you can watch YouTube and other completely original tasks for a internet-capable touchscreen MP3 player.

Motorola Brings us a Touchscreen Device

Motorola doesn't seem to like Windows Mobile devices of the touchscreen variety, but perhaps that's changing. As PhoneScoop is reporting, the Surf A3100 will be somewhat of a midrange WinMo touchscreen device. It has a yawn-inspiring QVGA screen with the usuals: aGPS, WiFi, HSDPA (but only in Asia). Perhaps the one (and only) interesting thing about the Surf A3100 is its homescreen...it's a custom design that we'll have to learn more about when the device gets released in Asia in Q1.

Touchscreen-Equipped Nokia 6208 Classic Rises to Surface

On the surface, the Nokia 6208 Classic looks just like any other mid-range candybar from the Finnish company, but it comes with something that'll definitely set it apart from the rest of the Nokia lineup: a touchscreen.

Sony Touchscreen Walkman Coming in January?

It looks like a Sony digital Walkman with touchscreen abilities will be revealed early next year. If this report is indeed true, it will open a new front in Sony's efforts to cut into the dominant portable media market share owned by Apple and its iPod.

Touchscreen kiosks show off Royal Ontario Museum rock and mineral collection

The (University of Toronto) Varsity: To enhance the experience of its rock and mineral collection, the Royal Ontario Museum has included 42 touchscreen kiosks. Viewers can zoon in on minerals they wish to hold in their hands.

SimCity: Touchscreen megalomania on iPhone

The iPhone's increasingly impressive games library just got a welcome double shot of nostalgia and megalomania -- you can now play the legendary SimCity on Apple's touchscreen handset.

Web-Savvy Touchscreen Home Phone Too Little, Too Late

The HomeManager phone from AT&T and Samsung adds touchscreen Internet features to a home landline. It's made for any-room Net snacking -- e-mail, news, weather, recipes, etc. Reviewer Greg Bluenstein says call quality is crisp, but he was let down by HomeManager's lack of a full browser. More fundamentally, though, the product seems a few years too late to the market.

Sony confirms touchscreen X-series Walkman

We won't be seeing a touchscreen MP3 player from Sony all that soon. You're going to have to wait until May to get your hands on the X-series Walkman, which was officially announced at CES 2009.

Web-Savvy touchscreen home phone

A home phone that puts the latest information at your fingertips feels like an old sci-fi staple, but now AT&T has a US$299 touchscreen gadget, called "HomeManager," that brings the idea to fruition. It may be coming too late in the game to matter.

Nokia Launches Touchscreen Smartphone

New York — Nokia announced a first-half 2009 overseas launch of what it called its most powerful 3G cellphone to date, the N97 multimedia computer with touchscreen, hard QWERTY keyboard and 32GB of embedded memory.

PRODUCT REVIEWWeb-Savvy Touchscreen Home Phone Too Little, Too Late

The HomeManager phone from AT&T and Samsung adds touchscreen Internet features to a home landline. It's made for any-room Net snacking -- e-mail, news, weather, recipes, etc. Reviewer Greg Bluenstein says call quality is crisp, but he was let down by HomeManager's lack of a full browser. More fundamentally, though, the product seems a few years too late to the market.

Verizon Wireless Offers Touchscreen Samsung Omnia

Verizon Wireless is offering the Samsung Omnia smartphone with a touchscreen and Windows Mobile 6.1. The Omnia includes Samsung's TouchWiz to personalize the device. The Samsung Omnia includes a QWERTY keyboard, a camera, Wi-Fi and an FM radio. An analyst said the Omnia shows the diversity possible with Windows Mobile.

Nokia unveils touchscreen phone

Mobile handset market leader Nokia on Tuesday launched its first touchscreen phone — XpressMusic 5800 — in India.

Nokia unveils heavyweight touchscreen gadget

Finnish handset vendor Nokia took the fight to Apple on Tuesday, with the unveiling of its latest flagship touchscreen device, the N97.

LG bares mid-level touchscreen mobile

COMSUMER electronics manufacturer LG Electronics on Friday unveiled a full touchscreen mobile phone, the LG KP500 Cookie, that aims to be the mid-priced iPhone “killer” retailing for P11,900.

It's a touchscreen world for mobile phones

When Apple Inc.'s iPhone transformed the public's idea of how a mobile handset should work, one of its most impressive—and apparently disruptive—features was its slick touchscreen interface. While resistive touchscreens activated by physical force had been around for years, the iPhone's was different—it was of the capacitive type, activated by a finger's electrical charge.

Sony Walkman With OLED Touchscreen And WiFi

A 16GB and 32GB drag and drop Sony Walkman with an OLED touchscreen is rumoured to be makings its debut at CES 2009.

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