Apple certainly helped shape the mobile space by popularizing multitouch screens on smartphones and tablets, but can it do the same for desktop computing, too? The United States Patent and Trademark Office on Thursday published an Apple patent application that describes a desktop computer — likely the iMac — with ...

ASUS reportedly has plans to unveil a convertible ultrabook running Microsoft’s next-generation Windows 8 operating system at the annual Computex trade show in Taiwan next June. DigiTimes’s anonymous industry sources claim that the super-slim notebook computer will feature a swiveling touchscreen display, allowing the computer to be used like a ...

Head of sales and marketing for Samsung’s personal computer business Uhm Kyu Ho confirmed recently that his company will launch a Windows 8-powered computer during the second half of next year. The device will offer a touchscreen and will likely serve as the successor to the company’s Series 7 slate ...

One of the new things that Nokia should bring to devices in the near future is a smudge-free touchscreen for its handsets, some of the latest reports on the matter suggest.The company has already demoed advancements in the area at the Nokia World conference in London, and says ...

Nokia's luxury phones brand Vertu is about to release its first phone to feature a touchscreen, the Constellation T.While the company has yet to come forward with an official announcement, the phone has been spotted at Bluetooth SIG.It looks like Vertu Constellation T has just received its Bluetooth... (read more)

Apple and other manufacturers may introduce new products with curved touchscreen displays next year, DigiTimes reported on Monday. Apple has reportedly contacted its iPad and iPhone glass suppliers, Lens Technology, G-Tech and Fuji Crystal, and will supply them with equipment for polishing glass. Curved glass displays are not typically used ...

The recently announced SCH-W689 is the first clamshell bada phone manufactured by Samsung and comes with a slew of interesting features.Even though the phone's flip form factor marks a first for Samsung's bada series phone, the SCH-W689 is also the first to support dual-SIM capability.To make things even more... (read ...

Research In Motion has just brought to the market a new series of mobile phones running under its BlackBerry platform, and should launch even more of them in the near future, but the company is expected to move to a new platform with the next generation of handsets, the ...

According to research firm DisplaySearch, revenues from touchscreen modules will hit $13.4 billion this year. Projected capacitive screens have seen the largest growth since Apple made them popular on the iPhone in 2007, and DisplaySearch expects capacitive displays to account for 70% of all touchscreen revenues this year. Capacitive display ...

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung is reportedly preparing the launch of a brand new smartphone as soon as next year, one that would step out side of the already established manufacturing process by adding a cover glass with an integrated touch screen.The news comes from Korean site, ETNews, ...

The highly-anticipated Kyocera Echo is now available for purchase online and in all Sprint retail channels. The smartphone is price tagged at $199.99 with a new two-year agreement and after a $100 mail in rebate.Sprint has added the Echo to its Android portfolio in late March when it put the ...

RIM is currently prepping two new non-touchscreen additions to its Curve line this year, codenamed the Apollo (GSM) and Sedona (CDMA). On top of that, the company is said to be working on a full touchscreen Curve, appropriately dubbed the Curve Touch. Now, to confuse matters even further, BlackBerry enthusiast ...