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Sharp Netbook Has Touch Screen Trackpad

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12:31 PM - April 21, 2009 by Marcus Yam

Sharp's netbook is made super cool with a high-res LCD trackpad

By now we’re all pretty jaded when it comes to the introduction of a new netbook. The hardware specifications of each are the same day in and day out, but Sharp’s just unveiled on that has our attention.

The Sharp Mebius line has always been one with a reputation for being sexy. Sadly, Mebius notebooks haven’t had much exposure in the western world, but we’ve always appreciated them from afar.

Sharp has just shown off the PC-NJ70A, which from the specification sheet appears to be the same old boring Intel Atom 1.6 GHz inside a 1024 x 600 10-inch form factor. The PC-NJ70A does have one striking differentiator though, and that’s an 854 x 480 4-inch touch screen LCD where normally a trackpad would go.

Such a concept has been dreamed up before, but with the multi-touch sensitive devices (mostly phones) filling the market, it seems that a touch screen trackpad is more possible and practical than ever.

Akihabara News went hands-on with the PC-NJ70A and posted a video demonstrating what the tiny screen can do. It appears that screen is of a high enough resolution for it to run its applications completely within it.

Could this thing be turned into the biggest Nintendo DS in the world? Only time will tell.

Source : Tom's Hardware US

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tayb 04/21/2009 7:12 PM
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Wow. And they said Windows backers couldn't design cool laptops? I remember there being a MacBook Pro mock-up with a multi-touch display like that. How many simultaneous inputs can it accept at once?

greenskye 04/21/2009 7:24 PM
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as long as it accepts 2 maybe 3 simultaneously at the minimum, I'd be happy. I have a MacBook Pro and I'm jealous :)

Hatecrime69 04/21/2009 7:39 PM
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jeez, the trackpad is the same res as my eee pc's main screen, from the video clip it looks like it can at least handle 2-3 touches at once (from the piano demo on it)

Japan gets all the cool stuff :(

ProDigit80 04/21/2009 8:52 PM
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I wonder what programs will make use of a LCD in the trackpad..
To me it's kind of a variant of the touchscreen, only now you have a dual monitor. I'm sure the trackpad won't be used for watching movies!

tacoslave 04/22/2009 12:52 PM
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i would give my left nut for that thing

outacontrolpimp 04/22/2009 2:11 AM
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greenskye :
as long as it accepts 2 maybe 3 simultaneously at the minimum, I'd be happy. I have a MacBook Pro and I'm jealous



if i had a macbook pro, id be jealous of everything too.

dmuir 04/22/2009 3:16 AM
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Bummer... I was just in Akihabara this past weekend and didn't see it :-(

jcombalicer 04/22/2009 5:29 AM
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http://ashinomori.blogspot.com/200 [...] ience.html

Please read this...

Okay dismiss this, dismiss everything...
We completely understand this. It ok to argue.

Its healthy to pour out sentiment, by doing this we know that their are little scientist in every one of us.

And we will always give the benefit of the doubt...

but maybe someday, we will also be able to learn and accept the .........

Silluete 04/22/2009 7:10 AM
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Damn... now i really need one. time to cut off some expense.

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