Apple extending iPhone’s multi-touch to mice?

Noticias externas — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 06:50:51 GMT

Will iPhone's touch screen technology show up in a new mouse soon? CraveCNET.com reports that it

re: Apple extending iPhone’s multi-touch to mice?

KarinM — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 08:52:08 GMT

Michael Carr told me the iPhone-like mousepad I described in this post already existed three years ago -- because Apple bought the multi-touch technology from a company called Fingerworks (http://www.fingerworks.com/) which was selling that exact product. Michael says he personally owns the Fingerworks keyboard, which is a keyboard and a mouse in one single multitouch device. I looked at the Fingerworks web site. The products looks awesome but are no longer available for sale.

re: Apple extending iPhone’s multi-touch to mice?

KarinM — Fri, 20 Jul 2007 17:15:50 GMT

Michael says...

Fingerworks ceased all sales the moment Apple bought them... :(

I still love my keyboard though. You don't have to move your hand away from the keys to use the mouse; just use two fingers instead of one and the surface recognizes that you are mousing instead of typing. It really saves a lot of back-and-forth motion between the keyboard and the mouse. It won a "Best of Innovations" award at CES in 2005.