There has been a lot of talk around Flex technology and especially touchscreens. Geeksaresexy has found an amazing video that showcases the Flex technology for touchscreens in action.
This technology was developed by the team at Osaka University. It will be interested in see if this technology will be used in our gadgets in the future.
Have you been partying and drinking so much this weekend that you didnt have a chance to read all the latest news in the world of tech? Well we are going to fill you in!
Linkedin Road to IPO (Infographic) – Mashable
Sonicbids and Bandzoogle partner – Hypebot
Long Live the Redesign – The Finch Blog
New Flex Touchscreen Technology – Geeksaresexy
WordPress SEO URL / Permalinks Considerations – Yoast
Google Docs App debuts on Android – 901am
Sprint debuts the new Kyocera Echo at an event in New York City last night. Im a huge fan of the double touchscreen of the Kyocera Echo.
Each screen is a 3.5-inch WVGA touch display. The two screens are connected via a pivot hinge and can be used separately or combined together for a larger 4.7-inch display.
Sprint will launch the Android 2.2 phone this spring for $199.99 with two-year contract.
You a big digital picture frame fan? It never caught on in my house. Speaking as the purveyor of technology for my home, it honestly never caught my eye. I think the novelty of it is interesting, but it seems like a lot of money for something that can essentially exist on a social network of photo site. I guess I’m not one for photos, but it seems like market for these types of devices has grown. More recently we’ve seen a transition from the standard photo frames that typically need to have photos uploaded to them via a USB connection, to the photo frames that can update wirelessly.
The Vizit is one example of a “smart” digital photo frame. I use the word “smart” loosely as I’ve seen other devices that may not be photo frames do a lot more and yet function in the same way. Nevertheless if you’re just looking for the frame, the Vizit offers an always on data connection – to the AT&T network – to send the photos you have or take to the device via email, mms, or via the vizitme.com website. As an added bonus users will be able to interact with the touch screen surface to manipulate the flow of the photos by going forward or backwards to quickly see what’s been stored.
Vizit Smart Digital Photo Frame
The Vizit comes in with a pricey $280 price tag. While it might seem competitive, there’s always another device that can serve not only as a device to share photos, but also run a variety of apps, but we’ll leave that decision between Vizit and unmentioned device to you.
Remember a few weeks ago, right around the time of CES, when everyone was yammering on about the Apple iPad. All the other prospective touch screen tablets which were ‘up and coming’ took a back seat. The HP Slate was given the cold shoulder and the MSI 10-inch tablet? Forget it.
Now however, the sobering release of the real Apple iPad (not the wishy-washy dreams of Apple fan boys) have us looking at the competition. And according to DigiTimes, MSI’s tablet will retail at a pricy $500. Ouch.
However, I do smell a level of success for this one. You see, the iPad has been bombarded with criticism for being an oversized iPod Touch. Everyone wanted a slim, touch screen computer but that just didn’t happen. MSI might fulfil the prophesy.
It’s got a desktop much like that of your standard PC and has numerous ports and external ports. It’s not as sleek looking as the overgrown iPod iPad but it does have an aura of practicality about it.
This is a tough one to call. And to be honest, it’s destiny (and perhaps even that of the HP slate) relies on how well publicity goes for the iPad over the next few weeks. If the launch goes well and people get over the iPod feel, then MSI might be in trouble. If things keep going as they are though, then the MSI tablet might just be the next big hit for portable touch screen computing!
The concept of using touch on your technology as the primary form of interaction is on the rise. Everything from touch screens to tablets are all the rage. Interestingly enough, while we’re moving to more tactile touch devices, there still room for innovation and that’s where Light Touch comes in. The concept of combining the touch screen and the projector has successfully been merged with this product, much to the amazement of its users. While the device is extremely creative, I find it curious as to whether this innovation is truly something we could be using in the near future.
So CES has kicked off and kicking off the keynote for tonight was Microsoft CEO, Steve Ballmer. Ballmer was rumored to be announcing a tablet-like device from HP that would rival Apple’s rumored tablet. Needless to say Apple was surely watching very closely to see what Microsoft had to unveil. Needless to say, it was another underwhelming display of been there, done that. The tablet neither excited me nor did it seem to make a splash in the market as few sights thus far have jumped on the story as the next big thing.
Does this mean the tablets are useless?
Remember that puzzle box from the 80′s that kept all of us guessing and some of us frustrated. No…not the one the one from Hellraiser, the other puzzle cube, the Rubik’s cube.
This color puzzle cube kept some of entertained for hours while for others it was a great projectile to throw at your siblings or at the wall, but in either case many of us have come in contact with one at some point in our lives.
Well the puzzle cube has updated itself for the 21st Century, and a whole new generation can become frustrated all over again. The new cube uses touch and sliding technology that most of us will be familiar with already or at least recognize in how we interact with Apple’s products or any other touch interface. the cube still has it’s colorful display but this time the cube is much more fragile.
Coming in at a whopping $150, I’m not quite sure if it’s something everyone will have, but for those of us into nostalgia and who want to pick one up, even if just for novelty purposes you can do so from Amazon.
The downside? Well you can’t take off the stickers and rearrange them to impress your friends. The upside? Well if you know programming, you just might be able to rearrange the colors to impress your friends.
In either case it’s a steep price to pay for frustration but for those of you that mastered the old, here’s a whole new way to master the new. If you’ve got one, seen one, or know someone who has one, I’d love to hear your thoughts on it and whether you find it as fun as the original.
