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Thursday, January 03, 2008

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Active Digitizer on a UMPC - InPlay Technologies

- Matt Faulkner

inplay This would be the answer to MANY people's dreams for the UMPC - I know Warner would be a big fan.  InPlay Technologies will be showing their 7 inch active digitizer next week at CES 2008.  If there was a UMPC with this type of screen, it would be a huge hit right from the start.  Keep an eye out next week as I am sure we'll be finding this for sure!!

From InPlay Press release:

Enhanced user experience with active RF, digital pen technology.
Introduced in 2006, the ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) platform ushered in a new generation of mobile devices. Early specifications only included a passive stylus. InPlay has developed a solution to bring the benefits of active digitizer technology to the UMPC market.

System overview:
  · 7" digitizer: InPlay's single-board solution fits easily behind the LCD screen
  · Active RF pen with InPlay's digital technology
  · Customizable from low-cost corded pen with basic handwriting input capability to feature-rich cordless pen

InPlay's active RF pen adds greater accuracy and enhanced functionality such as hover, tilt and pressure sensitivity, creating a more user-friendly interaction versus a passive stylus. Additionally, there is less wear and tear on the writing surface than experienced with traditional touch screens.
The UMPC platform takes the functionality of a full-size laptop PC into a light, portable device about the size of a paperback book. Most UMPC devices currently on the market offer a touch screen interface with a passive stylus. By adding InPlay's active digitizer and pen, OEMs can offer an enhanced user experience in their next-generation products.

Thanks to JKK for the heads up!!

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Thursday, January 03, 2008 10:17:50 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)
remember to ask a sample panel from them..
..then send it to me i could integrate it to my T770 and send you for testing ;)
Thursday, January 03, 2008 1:21:13 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)
Are you sure this would be the answer to many people's dreams? The OQO actually has an active digitizer. One of the many wishes people make about it is that it have a touch screen instead. It gets bizarre. Occasionally, I read a review which acknowledges that the OQO has an active digitizer, then several paragraphs later, gets amnesia and laments that there is "no way" to use the device when the thumbboard is inaccessible. (At this point, I think "What about the active digitizer you mentioned several paragraphs ago?")

It seems like if a device has one type of digitizer, people naturally lament that it doesn't have the other type. Perhaps the solution is that all UMPCs should come with both.
JC
Thursday, January 03, 2008 2:27:42 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)
Hmm, a 7" UMPC with an active digitizer. I think we should dub it the "Warner." I'd be willing to credit him with single-handedly getting somebody to put one out there. :-)
SBT
Thursday, January 03, 2008 7:58:26 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)

Now if I can just figure out how to get one and get it to work with a Libretto a u105....
SAM
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