It always supports a mix of pen and finger input.
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Apple's implementation would slim things down by either having electrodes share duties, both driving the display and taking finger input, or stuffing two electrodes into each pixel to accomplish the same goal.
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Well, considering Android was built primarily around finger input, the stylus certainly adds a new (and rather unexpected) dimension to Google's mobile OS, which is why HTC's focused quite a bit on adding some pen-based applications.
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We appreciate it the way we do a finely tuned touchpad: you wouldn't want too much friction while swiping around, but that little bit of traction makes finger input feel a little more controlled, a little more precise.
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We must say that it recognizes both finger and stylus input very well.
An Apple official said all notes are text-based and there are no current plans for finger or stylus input.
Diving into the supposed feature list, we're intrigued to see whether "gesture typing" will form a part of Google's new Android build -- the Carphone Warehouse compares it to Swype's finger-dragging input method.
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This versatile tablet lets users work the way they want to with multi-finger touch support, pen input or the ability to connect to the optional ThinkPad Tablet 2 keyboard and dock for a PC-like computing experience.
With all the hoopla around the iPhone 3G, the finger has taken center stage as the input device of choice on the go.
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The versatile tablet supports multiple input methods: multi-finger touch and an optional digitizer and pen, especially good for note taking, capturing signatures and completing forms.
Instead, every time you want to move backwards, forwards, or input a new URL you have to swipe a finger downward to bring it up.
As OEMs also look to implement more flexible input options for consumers, the Synaptics ClearPad 3400 allows simultaneous pen and finger touch recognition, passive pen tracking with pinpoint accuracy, and linearity and jitter control that functions with any number of fingers and styluses as small as 2mm.
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