The capacitive touch-screen provides an immediate response at the lightest touch of the display for a fun and intuitive feel to every camera operation.

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There aren't many programs that take advantage of the multitouch capability, but we did have fun playing around with some of the preloaded Windows Touch Pack applications as you can see in the video below.

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The kid gamer: The kid (or kid-at-heart) gamer is looking for fun, excitement and a touch of something extra.

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However, as the price and availability improves, the addition of touch which makes gaming, searching the web, and many other activities easier and more fun to do, will cause the popularity of Windows 8 to go up rapidly.

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The possibilities are limitless, as more and more application developers understand the power of the pen and multi-touch combination - for example, picture a unique way of sending personalized handwritten notes on Facebook, or even the fun of playing Farmville by drawing in your own crops or scarecrows.

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