Multi-Touch Capability Available Tomorrow for Latitude XT Customers

Updating the World’s First Multi-Touch Capable Tablet: the Latitude XT2

Direct2Dell — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 18:13:03 GMT

Several folks are interested in the Latitude XT2 – Engadget , SlashGear , Gotta Be Mobile and others

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Tony — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 00:10:48 GMT

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

Thanks.

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mynameisgoor — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 08:23:43 GMT

You are not right.

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MB — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 02:08:37 GMT

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However, it's the steep price for outdated technology that has kept me from purchasing a tablet laptop in the past and will continue to steer me away (as much as I really prefer the interface) because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

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Ali — Sat, 09 Aug 2008 06:34:57 GMT

very nice video

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Regulus — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:21:52 GMT

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

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Bob — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 18:51:32 GMT

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

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Wes Wahlin — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 04:52:32 GMT

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

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some — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:52:47 GMT

Yay, dell managed to steal something from apple

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lip — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:44:36 GMT

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?