Lenovo Tablet PC Multi-Touch on Video

Posted by | 09/15/2009 | 18 Comments

lenovomutlitouchAs promised here’s two videos from Xavier demoing the multi-touch capabilities on the Lenovo T400s and the X200 Tablet.   (cross posted from our sister site, Notebooks.com.)

Lenovo’s now offering multi-touch displays on the ThinkPad T400s and X200t tablet. Multitouch displays allow users to manipulate maps, multiple items and 3D objects.

(videos and more after the jump)

The X200t can recognize two fingers at a time and the T400s can recognize four fingers at a time.

The touch-enabled ThinkPads will ship with Simple Tap, an application that allows users to change screen brightness, volume and other settings with their fingers.

The ThinkPad T400s is a 14″ thin-and-light notebook. It’s highly unusually to find a touchscreen display on a clam shell style notebook, but I expect this feature to become common since Microsoft is supporting multitouch in Windows 7.

Here’s a quick look at the ThinkPad T400s and ThinkPad X200t with multitouch displays.

Here’s a quick video intro to Simple Tap:

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  • BurningOrange

    … and just to confirm, we can read the n-trig press release on their website:

    “[...] N-trig DuoSense solution can currently be found in Dell’s Latitude XT/XT2 and HP’s TouchSmart tx2. In conjunction with the public launch of Windows 7 this fall, the company will also be announcing additional OEM deals. To view a video demonstration of the multi-touch capabilities inherent in the new ThinkPad T400s, go [...]“.

    [http://www.n-trig.com/Content.aspx?Page=PressReleases&PressReleaseId=566]

  • Grimulkan

    My understanding was that the pen itself supports 256 levels while the capacitive touch supports 15, although the only source I’ve seen is this one:
    http://tabletpcitalico.blogspot.com/2009/09/fujitsu-lifebook-t4310-e-t4410-256.html
    Hope someone can clear that up once and for all.

  • Grimulkan

    To clear this up: the Wacom dual-sense DOES 256 pressure levels. Most reports that claimed 15 levels were quoting this site:
    http://www.golem.de/0909/69541.html
    which has since acknowledged and corrected their error.

    Also, forgot to include links to the source that says the X200 tablet uses the Wacom dual-sense digitizer and NOT the N-trig:
    http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/7wgc01ww.txt
    The T400s uses the N-trig:
    http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc/pccbbs/mobiles/6hgd07ww.txt

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