It was the Z10 -- a snazzy, touchscreen-only new phone -- that was used throughout the presentation to show off the system's new capabilities.
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Though Sega has a high-profile partnership with Apple (nasdaq: AAPL - news - people ) to create iPhone games, the Olympic-themed games aren't compatible with the iPhone or other touchscreen-only phones.
The large touchscreen is not only used to control all infotainment functions, but also to access the status of the hybrid system.
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Future plans for the Sync system include the ability to surf the Web on the in-dash touchscreen, but only when the vehicle is in park.
As you can imagine, the touchscreen version is thicker, but only slightly: it measures 23mm thick, versus 21mm.
All cameras are not created equal -- not even all EOS Ms. Sure, each of the four compact flavors may carry the same 18-megapixel APS-C CMOS sensor, 1, 040, 000-dot 3-inch touchscreen and arguably mediocre UI, but only one has a remotely premium shell.
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The original Aakash only came with a 7-inch resistive touchscreen.
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For those in the audience enamored with the iPhone -- especially those willing to look past the lack of 3G and requisite 2-year service agreement -- there's really only one x-factor left: the touchscreen keyboard.
The Acer Aspire M5 Touch, for instance, is more or less the same 14-inch M5 Ultrabook we tested last year only, you know, this one has a touchscreen.
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Though the standard version is available in 14- and 15-inch screen sizes, the touchscreen model (aka the 481PT, pictured above) will only be offered with a 14-inch (1, 366 x 768) panel.
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It is the only solution that can make any Windows 8 laptop a touchscreen device.
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Meanwhile, Microsoft is supposedly unconcerned about the early slow sales of Windows 8 because, well, the touchscreen PCs are mostly unavailable for the holiday season and Surface is only available through limited retail outlets.
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Only this morning we were being teased with the idea of a touchscreen Chromebook.
However, on the Windows RT variant of the system - which will power cheaper tablets running on ARM-based chips - app publishers will only be able to sell their products through the Windows 8 store designed for the touchscreen interface, with all its associated restrictions.
New features demoed for the first time today include a configurable home screen launcher, accelerometer integration in Google Maps' Street View, Pacman (which we can only assume will become the Solitaire of Android), and a new unlock UI for touchscreen-based devices.
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But they only reached those numbers by adding together sales of Symbian OS devices, Windows Phone devices, and touchscreen Asha devices.
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When Steve Jobs unveiled the touchscreen device in 2007, Nokia seemed relaxed about Apple's arrival in the market - it was after all only going to be a niche player, serving the tiny segment of the market interested in smartphones.
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