For its future e-readers, Amazon will be using multi-touch capacitive touch panels, if Digitimes» sources prove reliable, instead
of the infrared touch panels used in the first four generations of the Kindle reader.
«Amazon's new color e-book readers will be built with multi-touch capacitive touch panels instead
of infrared touch panels used in the previous mono - color e-book readers», the sources noted.
«Amazon's new color e-book readers will be built with multi-touch capacitive touch panels instead
of infrared touch
They retain the 6 - inch, 167 - PPI e-ink display of the 2010 Kindle model, with the addition
of an infrared touch - screen control on the Touch.
Not exact matches
Let's say you have speakers that aren't controlled through
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touch of a button.
CB hasn't yet played with one
of the new - generation Kobo eReaders, but they're the first device to market with the fast Freescale i.MX508 processor, and use Neonode's zForce
infrared technology to make their Pearl E Ink screens
touch - sensitive.
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The Kindle
Touch, a similar looking device, is basically the same thing as the existing Kindle, but with am
infrared touchscreen instead
of the keyboard.
Yet, one
of the major improvement over past Kindle models is that the screen is now a traditional, more responsive capacitive
touch screen instead
of an
infrared - based screen.
Michael, I have read some
of your past reviews and articles and was wondering why you have jumped on the capacitive
touch screen bandwagon vs
infrared?
The Life
Touch also boasts
of other features like 802.11 b / g / WiFi, Bluetooth 2.1, 3G, a 3 megapixel camera, built - in accelerometer,
infrared, GPS, a G - sensor, accelerometer and light sensor.
One
of the cool aspects
of the Kobo
Touch Edition is that it uses Neonode's new zForce infrared touch technology to make reading on Kobo just like reading a real
Touch Edition is that it uses Neonode's new zForce
infrared touch technology to make reading on Kobo just like reading a real
touch technology to make reading on Kobo just like reading a real book.
My Kindle
Touch has infrared touch and I can pinch and zoom in eBooks... So the ability to zoom seems to not only depend on the type of sc
Touch has
infrared touch and I can pinch and zoom in eBooks... So the ability to zoom seems to not only depend on the type of sc
touch and I can pinch and zoom in eBooks... So the ability to zoom seems to not only depend on the type
of screen.
Instead
of going with
infrared touch, Pocketbook made the decision to go with a capacitive touchscreen display.
The Kindle uses almost 40 buttons to navigate through the interface and menus, while the new Nook and Kobo use zForce
Infrared Touch technology to create a touchscreen layer on top
of the E Ink screen.
It's also got capitative
touch, instead
of the
infrared (IR)
touch that every other
touch reader had used until now.
Like the Paperwhite, the Voyage uses capacitive
touch technology, not the older
infrared - based
touch technology
of the entry - level Kindle 2014.
A pretty cool looking electronic ink display by the looks
of things,
infrared touch interface, longer battery life, access to millions
of books, X-Ray and more.
Another hardware change with the Paperwhite is it uses a capacitive touchscreen instead
of infrared like most other touchscreen ebook readers, including the Kindle
Touch from last year.
The beautifully designed
Touch Edition uses infrared touch technology to make the experience of reading on the Kobo Touch just like that of reading a real
Touch Edition uses
infrared touch technology to make the experience of reading on the Kobo Touch just like that of reading a real
touch technology to make the experience
of reading on the Kobo
Touch just like that of reading a real
Touch just like that
of reading a real book.
One
of the main new functions was using
Infrared technology called IR
Touch, this is the same technology found in the new Kobo
Touch.
Previous generations
of the Kindle used an
infrared touch technology where
infrared sensors where placed at the edge
of the bezel.
By comparison, the Barnes & Noble Nook and the Kobo eReader
Touch Edition -LRB--RRB- each shave an inch off the overall height; the Nook and Kobo both use an
infrared touchscreen for navigation, instead
of a keyboard and buttons.
Thanks to the development
of infrared sensor design,
touch has earned its place in the eReading market (Sony Touch, Nook Touch, Kindle Touch, Kobo To
touch has earned its place in the eReading market (Sony
Touch, Nook Touch, Kindle Touch, Kobo To
Touch, Nook
Touch, Kindle Touch, Kobo To
Touch, Kindle
Touch, Kobo To
Touch, Kobo
TouchTouch).
The Kobo
Touch has a 6 - inch E Ink Pearl screen with infrared touch, 1 GB of usable memory, an SD card slot, web browser, notes, highlights, bookmarks, partial page refresh, dictionary look up, social network sharing, reading awards, and it supports Adobe DRM for ePub and PDF as well HTML, TXT, RTF, CBZ, CBR, MOBI, and PRC for
Touch has a 6 - inch E Ink Pearl screen with
infrared touch, 1 GB of usable memory, an SD card slot, web browser, notes, highlights, bookmarks, partial page refresh, dictionary look up, social network sharing, reading awards, and it supports Adobe DRM for ePub and PDF as well HTML, TXT, RTF, CBZ, CBR, MOBI, and PRC for
touch, 1 GB
of usable memory, an SD card slot, web browser, notes, highlights, bookmarks, partial page refresh, dictionary look up, social network sharing, reading awards, and it supports Adobe DRM for ePub and PDF as well HTML, TXT, RTF, CBZ, CBR, MOBI, and PRC formats.
And each has a new touchscreen technology: a grid
of infrared lasers is embedded around the edges
of the screen to sense your
touch — which is a great improvement over Sony's old touchscreen method, which required an extra layer
of plastic over the screen that muddied the display.
Touch works based on
infrared sensors so nothing is overlayed on top
of the screen preserving its contrast.
The video was uploaded to Neonode's channel, the same company that makes the
infrared touchscreens for a number
of ebook readers on the market, including the Sony Readers, Kobo ereaders, and
of course the Nook
Touch.
The Simple
Touch is a Wi - Fi only Nook, with an infrared touch - screen, E Ink technology, and battery life of up to two months (or 150 hours, offering approximately 25,000 continuous page turns with Wi - Fi turned
Touch is a Wi - Fi only Nook, with an
infrared touch - screen, E Ink technology, and battery life of up to two months (or 150 hours, offering approximately 25,000 continuous page turns with Wi - Fi turned
touch - screen, E Ink technology, and battery life
of up to two months (or 150 hours, offering approximately 25,000 continuous page turns with Wi - Fi turned off).
Powered by a Freescale i.MX507 processor, the Kobo
Touch features a six inch e-ink
infrared screen which can display 16 levels
of greyscale, WiFI connectivity, a virtual keyboard for typing, 1 GB
of internal memory and the ability to add 32 GB
of storage via a MicroSD slot.
The device uses Neonode's zForce optical
touch technology, which uses beams
of infrared light to detect a
touch on the display.
It does offer a
touch interface, but it's powered by
infrared sensors around the screen edge instead
of using an actual
touch panel built into the screen.
Weighing in at just 168 grams, the Reader Wi - Fi features: a 6 ″ E-Ink Pearl screen with 600 x 800 pixels
of resolution and 16 levels
of gray scale; a clear
touch infrared touch screen; 2 GB
of built - in memory and a MicroSD slot that can take up to a 32 GB memory card.
The Kobo Glo also has an HD screen with a resolution
of 1024 x 758, and like the Kobo
Touch, it uses
infrared technology for the touchscreen.
And in the case
of capacitive and
infrared touch screen e-readers, the top glass layer is susceptible to shattering by sharp knocks.
Infrared Touch screen technology incorporates some of the best functionalities of both the capacitive and resistive touch screen technologies and does not require an additional layers on the dis
Touch screen technology incorporates some
of the best functionalities
of both the capacitive and resistive
touch screen technologies and does not require an additional layers on the dis
touch screen technologies and does not require an additional layers on the display.
The
infrared sensors are placed above the screen in the bezel — that's why the Nook and Sony Readers have a slightly recessed screen — and the sensors are very sensitive; the touchscreen will even react to the
touch of a feather.
The Kindle
Touch uses the same type
of infrared touchscreen technology as the Nook, Kobo, and Sony Readers.
The basic idea behind it is that small
infrared sensors are built into the inside
of the border around the screen and can sense where your finger is
touching on the screen.
Intuitive controls using
Infrared Touch Screen technology, to allow swipes to turn pages, highlighting
of phrases, tap words to lookup words in the builtin dictionary, gesture zoom
of images, and increase font sizes.
Like the Nook Simple
Touch, the Kobo eReader Touch Edition, and Sony's latest e-readers, this one uses special Neonode infrared technology to sense when you touch the screen — and it works very well, though don't expect iPad - like responsiveness because of e-ink's inherently laggy na
Touch, the Kobo eReader
Touch Edition, and Sony's latest e-readers, this one uses special Neonode infrared technology to sense when you touch the screen — and it works very well, though don't expect iPad - like responsiveness because of e-ink's inherently laggy na
Touch Edition, and Sony's latest e-readers, this one uses special Neonode
infrared technology to sense when you
touch the screen — and it works very well, though don't expect iPad - like responsiveness because of e-ink's inherently laggy na
touch the screen — and it works very well, though don't expect iPad - like responsiveness because
of e-ink's inherently laggy nature.
And since the Aura HD is using
infrared touch tech instead
of the capacitive found in the Kindle Paperwhite, it's got more bulk than you'd expect in a brand new ereader.
Sony is launching their new generation
of Eink e-readers with this Sony Reader Wi - Fi, it supports dual
touch using
infrared technology.
As far as guts go, it doesn't have a capacitive
touch panel, but rather an
infrared ring around the screen which detects finger input (along the lines
of the touchscreen Kobo or the HP Touchsmart all - in - one computers).
(The small «antenna» you see in the middle
of the
infrared light is purely a visual
touch — there's no radio being transmitted here.)
The former replaces the
Touch ID fingerprint sensor with an
infrared camera system that turns the contours
of your face into a password.
The illustrative electronic device 900
of FIG. 9 includes a mobile communication circuit, a
touch sensitive display, wellness sensors, a near field communication circuit, a global positioning system device, an
infrared sensor, twin microphones configured for selective beam steering, and a cover layer configured with piezoelectric sensors so as to function as an acoustic transducer and input control device.
Additional features
of the Wrist PDA with Palm OS include a 160 x 160 pixel grayscale LCD with
touch screen and backlight, a stylus cleverly integrated into the watch buckle, one - handed navigation using the 3 - way Rocker switch and Back button, the ability to beam data to another Palm Powered device via the
Infrared Port, USB HotSync support for Mac OS and Windows, and a lithium - ion rechargeable battery that lasts approximately 3 - 4 days based on conditions
of use.