Some of us could barely complete a thought without touch pads or scroll buttons, but we understood that high-speed data systems did not belong here.

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Codenamed NGP or Next Generation Portable, the device will feature a touch panel in the front and touch pads in the back, along with a 3G wireless connection.

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Xtrinsic touch-sensing software transforms any standard MCU into a touch sensor with the ability to manage multiple configurations of touch pads, sliders, rotary positions and mechanical keys, all while maintaining standard MCU functionality.

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In order to progress to the next level both players need to successfully touch the right pads.

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You also have the ability to bounce on pads using the rear touch-pad, take photos of the environment and walking around walls using conveniently positioned paper-glue.

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The bottom-left 4 x 4 pads represent drum sounds (touch the slider to scroll up and down through even more sounds), while the bottom-right quarter of the grid serves as a clip-length control (press and hold the first pad, tap the fourth for a four-bar loop, etc.).

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