"Cisco depends on direct touch for so many of its sales, " he says.
Metro is the tiled based interface designed to work best with direct touch, and for that matter voice and Kinect-like air-gestures.
None of this voice and machine vision means that direct touch on touchpads and displays, keyboard and mouse will go away any time soon.
Plus, Tegra 4 with Direct Touch technology gives it touch responsiveness that is a more consistent, accurate and smooth-flowing touch input experience than a standard touch device.
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The NX300's enhanced Wi-Fi connectivity also lets users share images with friends and family directly from the camera via social networking sites using the cameras one-touch DIRECT LINK hot key.
They communicate and listen by blogging and tweeting, but they also find more direct ways to stay in touch.
Activated by a finger-swipe across an iPad or other iOS device, Galileo orients your iPhone or iPod Touch according to how you direct it, with speeds of up to 200 degrees per second.
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And while Evarts told Automotive News that the magazine is trying to be more direct in its reviews as an overall matter, something about MyFord Touch in particular has put a huge bee in his bonnet.
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Streamlined connection has also been built into the external design of SMART CAMERA devices with a standalone Direct Link hot key automatically executing on Wi-Fi functionality at the touch of a button.
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Their defenders are steady, placing a priority on holding their line, while their attacks usually favor direct passes into the attacking third over the kind of possession-heavy, short touch-passing that Barcelona has made fashionable.
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There's a chance that in-progress titles like Star Wars 1313 will survive with outside help, according to a spokesperson in touch with GameInformer, but talk of layoffs from Kotaku dampens any chances for direct follow-ups to favorites like Grim Fandango.
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