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Touchscreen Laptops

The $35 Touchscreen Tablet arrives

Posted on July 28, 2010 by David Allen

As incredible as it may sound, this is not a typo or mistake, a touchscreen tablet style computer has gone on sale in India at the staggering price of just $35! If you think that is low then think again because the makers are planning to drop the price further in order to offer the nation a $10 computer!

The device is primarily designed to be used by students, but eventually these computers could be rolled out to everyone in the country that wants one.

Clearly this device is not going to compete with the iPad, but it demonstrates that getting people online and using computers

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DIY Multi Touch Screen Kit

Posted on December 1, 2009 by David Allen

If you shop around a bit you can pick up a netbook for around $200 maybe even less, so how much would a touchscreen netbook cost?

With this kit from Innotech about $320 in total, so long as you don’t mind getting your hands dirty or burnt with the soldering iron etc. The kit will work with most brands of 10.1 inch netboo

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Young Fast producing panels for Windows 7 Netbooks

Posted on August 27, 2009 by David Allen

The Taiwan touch panel manufacturer Young Fast Optoelectronics are in the market to supply computer makers with multi touch panels that have been specifically designed to work with Windows 7.

These are analogue matrix resistive (AMR) multi touch panels, which are great for netbooks; these will become available by the end of the year. The firm will also manage to make capacitive multi touch panels too.

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The Durros 8404 rugged tablet shipped

Posted on July 26, 2009 by David Allen

Anyone looking for a tough tablet laptop may be interested in the new Durros 8404 rugged tablet laptop that is being shipped right now. It has an 8.4 inch touchscreen display. This computer is rugged and tough just right for job where the computer is likely to be knocked around a little.

Features:

8.4” daylight-readable LED SVGA touchscreen panel

Display boasts a brightness of 1,100 NIT and a 120-degree viewing angle

Intel Atom CPU

Hot-swappable battery

IP65-rated solid-aluminium chassis

Ethernet

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Asus T91 launch in the UK delayed again

Posted on July 1, 2009 by Laptop Pimp

UPDATE: ASUS T91 Available on Amazon.co.uk!

UPDATE: ASUS T91 Available on Amazon.com!

Consumers in the UK are likely to be getting rather frustrated with the computer maker from Taiwan; Asus have yet a

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Samsung releasing a UMPC

Posted on March 6, 2009 by David Allen

The market is about to get another UMPC and this time it is going to be from Samsung, this seven inch display device will be known as the Samsung NP Q1EX, but a more catchier name could do the whole thing a power of good. This device has some great features as shown below, but is there enough demand for this at the moment, Samsung thinks so.

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Gigabyte launch convertible tablet

Posted on March 6, 2009 by David Allen

The computer maker Gigabyte has launched three laptops this week at the CeBIT show, quite amazing considering that these are the firms first venture into this market. Because these are new releases, there is not a great deal of information around at the moment, but as soon as there is, we will be conducting a full review.

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Windows tablet packs a punch

Posted on February 5, 2009 by David Allen

Roper Mobile Technology (RMT) have announced that they are launching a new 8.4 inch tablet PC, it come fully prepared to withstand the extremes of a machine that needs to be in at the thick end of the worst environments around, this is withstand temperatures from -4F to 122F.

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HP Touchsmart TX2 Early Review and Specs

Posted on November 19, 2008 by andrew

The LaptopPimp sees a lot of laptops, but rarely does he drool over one like this! HP unveiled the Touchsmart TX2 this morning, and boy am I excited to see what the first-ever consumer multi-touch tablet has to offer, other than the obvious presure it puts on the PC and Mac laptop market.

Starting around $1,150, the TX2 is a trend setter for sure. Not only does the multi-touch display offer a tablet orientation, you can use any number of the movements we have been craving since Minority Report featured Tom Cruse soving crime with hand gestures. That means dragging, resizing

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Fujitsu LifeBook U820 Review and Specs

Posted on November 10, 2008 by andrew

The Fujitsu LifeBook U820 is probably a dying breed. The handheld PC is really handheld these days. Blackberrys, iPhones and PDAs can all run full operating systems and compete with laptops as on-the-go devices. But for now, Fujitsu is going to keep moving with the handheld PC market.

These days, $1,199 will get you a tablet-style U820 with

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