Direct2Dell

Super cool! Where can we learn the full list of what gestures and applications are supported?

Thanks.

Multi-capacitive-touch is an awesome innovation, but the starting price of $2500 for the Latitude XT is a real turn off, especially when the rest of the machine's specs are of a system from many years ago!  Specs like a 40GB 4200RPM hard drive with no upgrade option to 7200RPM let alone an option for the latest 128GB SSD hard drive, or the processor choices of only 1.06GHz - 1.33GHz - gag!  We'd like to be able to use modern software on our notebooks without our hand falling asleep before we can multi-touch.

Yet intuitive interfaces like this are what the masses need. We all need to move beyond the yoke of the old input methods to things like multi-capacitive-touch with palm rejection and all the associated features.

However, it's the steep price for outdated technology that has kept me from purchasing a tablet laptop in the past and will continue to steer me away (as much as I really prefer the interface) because I need the interface to use all the highly demanding applications.

very nice video

just cant get the update to work. I've tried all the way ....  It just stops upgrading process aroud 37%.

I've been a big fan of the tablet ever since I started using one.  I have a hard time going back to a standard laptop.  My tablet, although doesn't have the 'touch' functionality.  This is what I've been waiting for ever since I came to know about it. 

HP Touchsmart is also VERY cool, but having it on a laptop is a completely different experience.   

I don't even want to know how much it costs, my current Gateway tablet was $650 and I expect this Dell to be around $2K

Nice work Hans!  Might have to pick one of these up and give it a try!

Yay, dell managed to steal something from apple

about the API side...

it seems all is done by a chip on the N-Trig screen layer, no matter what OS you install, the screen will be an input device by hardware. meaning it will act like the touchpad or trackpad. I say this because there have been reports of OSX installed on it and the TouchScreen working with out of the box install.

I currently have a Fujitsu tablet with wacom touchscreen and it only works with the right software.

If its done the way I think it is, it might just be possible to build applications that scale on 2 points, or/and accept two mouse clicks (try this with 2 USB mice, it works)

could Dell/N-Trig confirm or deny this?

Installed it, and it worked fine after the first reboot. Really cool!!

But.... now after another reboot, the touch screen won't work at all and I receive an error message.

So I quess it's a bit buggy still.

This is pretty slick so far but after installation my laptop has risen in temperature considerably. Any ideas? Thanks. DL

It's up now, under Input Device Drivers as "N-Trig Application."

I'm already checking it out in Europe/Belgium the whole day but no download link so far.
Guess Dell is counting in US times.

Can't wait for the download to be released. hopefully i'm not in bed when that happenes :-p

And still no update to the N-trig software. I hit the support site and it's still the old driver.

Cool, I'm really looking forward to trying it. But the SDK needs to be released soon too. With an SDK there will more cool apps that use multi touch that again sell more XT's :)

Hi,

great news. Will you also have some API to leverage the new functionality in selfmade applications?

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Did someone have another link for this video ?

WOW!!!

Great news. Now cut-off the price (and open an italian Outlet) and there is no sense to buy other tablets.

Very cool!!! We've been waiting a long time for this.

Looking forward to the update tomorrow.