It’s that time of year again – cold and crappy. But when it is being stupid outside is that supposed to mean we can’t use our touchscreen devices? Can I not roam around tapping and swiping bare fisted waiting for frostbite to settle in? I could and actually always have – until this year. I was asked to give the new round of Agloves a test for this Holiday Season and since I have nothing but touchscreen devices littering my house, I thought it was a...
One of the biggest complaints we still here from people concerning the differences between traditional physical keyboards (on phones) and touchscreen devices is the lack of any real “feel”. In the last couple of years, manufacturers have played with varying degrees of haptic feed back (read: vibration) to mimic the click of a button, but it is gimmicky at best. However, a new display technology being shown off by Japanese carrier KDDI and developed by Kyocera...
One of the most infamous fast foods restaurants of the modern world is in the process of making a big change to the way in which its customers order food. Many of the 7,000+ European McDonalds will soon see cashiers replaced with customer-operated touchscreen terminals and credit card swiping machines in an effort to make ordering food faster and more convenient. Such methods of ordering have been tested here and there throughout the last decade. This latest rollout,...
Researchers from the Kajimoto Laboratory at the University of Electro-Communications in Tokyo, Japan have gone ahead and created the future — tactile touchscreens! Long a subject of science fiction movies, truly tactile touchscreens are perhaps the current pinnacle achievement sought after by consumer electronics junkies. And thanks to the Kajimodo researchers, we’re one step closer. Their new touchscreen tech relies on a thin layer of gen located behind the...
It’s no secret that RIM’s previous touchscreen attempts with the Storm line of phones wasn’t all that successful. Over the last several weeks, leaks of upcoming qwerty + touchscreen enabled BlackBerries piqued our interest as it’s something we (as long as numerous BlackBerry loyalists) have been asking for for years. Finally, it appears RIM Is ready to deliver with the BlackBerry Touch and BlackBerry Bold Montana. The accompanying video (after...
