touch – Techcitement*

Apple’s Brand New Day: iPhone 5, New iPod Touch, New Nano, New iTunes And More New, New, New

Mordechai Osdoby — Wed, 12 Sep 2012 19:46:00 +0000

Everyone and their mother was expecting Apple to release the iPhone 5 today. While that went down as expected, Apple had plenty of surprises. The iPhone 5 is taller and faster than previous models. You can now get a 4″ Retina display on your iPhone 5, running on the same A6 chip that powers the […]

Computer Manufactuers Long To Be Touched

Mordechai Osdoby — Mon, 04 Jun 2012 17:27:42 +0000

Another week, another trade show. This time it’s the Computex 2012 show. It’s always interesting to look at the trends in what’s being reported at such events, and this year I’m seeing one big, yet unsurprising trend — touch. In the last few years, heavy tablet adoption on top of years of touchscreen smartphone […]

Haptic Feedback Asks Can You Feel Me Now?

Tom Wyrick — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 13:35:03 +0000

Every touchscreen smartphone user has experienced it by now: the sudden realization that it’s impossible to manually dial a number without looking at the display. Until now, the only sensory feedback we’ve been able to get from touchscreen-enabled devices (besides audio-visual) has been crude vibrations generated by small motors inside the units. Several companies are […]

SnApp Judgment: Sign

Jeremy Goldstone — Sun, 03 Jul 2011 07:24:48 +0000

Every night at 12:15 AM Pacific, Amazon gives away a free paid app through their Amazon app store. As I am usually awake at 12:15 AM Pacific, why not let you know if today’s app is useful, or just more clutter in your app drawer? Today’s free paid app is Sign by Simply Applied, which normally […]