Stantum Slate PC with Multi-touch Hands On

Masaki from Stantum Japan is giving me a tour of their proof-of-concept Slate PC with a digital resitive multi-touch panel which is actually a modded Dell Mini 10.

Source:
http://netbooked.net/blog/stantum-slate-pc-with-multi-touch-panel-hands-on/

Stantum Website:
http://www.stantum.com/en/

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• stantum
• slate
• pc
• multitouch
• multi
• touch
• panel
• resistive
• dell
• mini
• 10
• netbook
• netbooks

[jezreex]

today steve jobs unveiled the ipad. After seeing the capability of ipad it seems that this piece of gudget is 20 years behind . . . lol

[netbooked]

@jezreex the iPad is a tablet. Stantum's tech is a touch screen and only that. You can't compare the two.

[sgtschnitzel42]

To me it is quite obvious that they don't really know ho to use their touchscreen. Most applications involving multitouch are nothing but pointless games. They failed to set their focus onto usability issues, which is very obvious in the handwriting recognition: Who would want to confirm every single word written with some kind of "OK" button?! Sorry, this really is not more than a proof-of-concept. I don't want to advertise, but you should see what they made with Apple's iPad in comparison!

[netbooked]

@sgtschnitzel42 It is a proof of concept / development device as stated and the software on board are just demos to demonstrate some of the touch capabilities to potential clients who may be interesting in adopting the touch screens.

[ibsa03]

what would u use this for? this is not for home use i think.. what group of people are they targeting?

[netbooked]

They are targeting as many industries as they can. They want touch panels in everything. Mobiles. Netbooks. etc.

The features are put in there to cover all usage scenarios. I am curious if they can cut back from features to save money - something I will ask about.

[djsmithy]

And the ipad is about 10 years behind any other tablet pc....

Single tasking? FFS, a joke in this day and age.

[ThankYouESM]

That's Awesome !!! However... I was also wondering if it's possible to make it work on the new non-reflective screens which in my opinion is very benefitial.

[Batou456]

Very nice. I particularly like that brush input works just fine.

Apparently Apple fans realize this shows the whole capacitive dalliance they led is over and we can return to superior resistive approach as they instantly defaulted to the laugh at you/fight you stage. But then the technical merits are obvious.

With the return of the stylus and the option of other approaches and the flexibility of Pixel Qi technology the tablet can now truly reach maturity.

[zlotymaybach]

@jezreex

it shows that resistive screens wich are better, are capable of recognizing multiple touches.

[frnkjul]

Wooow!!! yo sabía q las pantallas resistivas tenían que darle en la torre al Iphone e Ipad y su supuesta innovación de pantallas capacitivas,, y esque es muy lógico,, la facilidad de utilizar los dedos y un Stylus como herramienta complementaria no tiene rival... y ahora gracías a Stantum tenemos por fin funciones multitáctiles...

[dluv4u2]

@netbooked needs stylus to be a true tablet pc

Yay giant ipod touch

[jezreex]

@netbooked I get it but touch screen for what?

[DJADFICIO]

I don't know why everyone is talking about this or the iPad when tablets have been out for a long time and the same goes with touch screen. I think Fujitsu has some of the best Tablets on the market.

[kwondoh]

Stantum Slate PC Cool

[mailliwlawlw]

the screen looks crappy, lik ipad loks nice and finger print resistant, but this looks like crap!

[mailliwlawlw]

@jezreex hahahaha totally agree with you!