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Trio of Acer convertible tablets announced

November 10, 2009January 28, 2010 Doug Groves 1420P, 1820PT, 1820PTZ, Acer, convertible, Laptop, multitouch, netbook, tablet, Windows 72 Comments

Netbooks have been with us for a couple of years now, and although the market has been one of the largest growing consumer tech sectors, there’s been little innovation beyond increasing screen size and the blurring of lines between netbook and laptop. Sitting squarely between the netbook and laptop markets are ultra thin devices that range from reasonably priced products like the Acer Timeline to the ultra expensive and stylish Dell Adamo and Sony Vaio X. I had a chance to play with the Acer 1410, and found it to…

A Look at the New Wacom Fun Pen & Touch Tablet

November 5, 2009November 6, 2009 kingpinlei draw, editing, input, mouse, multitouch, nonlinear, replacement, tablet, Wacom23 Comments

Okay, so I recently picked up the new Wacom Bamboo Fun (Pen & Touch) Tablet to see if it holds up to what Wacom’s been promising about offering multitouch and pen tablet experience on both a Mac and a Windows-based computer. I know what you’re thinking, why don’t I wait for one of the new multi-touch monitors coming out? Well, for starters I’m impatient; I want multi-touch NOW! Second, I really like using a pen for some of the drawings and Photoshop touchups I like to do. Thirdly, I have…

Pixel Qi display technology “coming soon”

October 17, 2009October 17, 2009 Doug Groves 3Qi, Amazon, display, e-ink, Kindle, netbook, Pixel Qi, tablet1 Comment

Often, we see demos of great technology, only to see it never come out in a usable form. I was kind of worried that this may be the case with Pixel Qi and its 3Qi display technology. Instead of being a whole new type of display, replacing LCD, Plasma, OLED etc ad nauseum, 3Qi is a layer that’s included in the manufacturing process of garden variety LCD screen. With this inserted layer, it allows a traditional LCD screen to be read in direct sunlight. The display desaturated to almost the…

Wacom Announces new Cintiq 12WX

October 25, 2007April 17, 2009 Doug Groves tablet, Wacom3 Comments

I’ve always been a fan of Wacom tablets. There’s really no better input device for uses such as Photoshop or ZBrush, and now they’ve introduced their newest – the Cintiq 12WX. It features a hi-resolution 12 inch wide screen display, and 1024 levels of sensitivity. From the press release: Pressure-sensitivity with 1,024 levels Create natural-looking pen, brush, and eraser strokes. Tilt Sensitivity Tilt your input device in either direction and create natural-looking pen, brush, and eraser strokes. Rotation Sensitivity Some input devices can be rotated along their axis and with…