Morotola and Verizon have finally come forth to announce the Android 2.0 powered DROID, a handset we’ve heard about for some time now.

The Motorola DROID will feature a 3.7-inch capacitive touchscreen display, slideout QWERTY keyboard, 5MP camera with autofocus and dual-LED flash, GPS with Google Maps Navigation, WiFi, Bluetooh and an included 16GB memory card.

Interested? It could be yours on November 6th for $199 on a 2-year contract

Press release after the break.

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Tags: Android, bluetooth, Capacitive, Cell Phones, Droid, Google, GPS, Mobile News, Mobile Software, Motorola, Motorola, Qwerty keyboard, Verizon, WiFi

Ever wondered what an iPhone-like capacitive touchscreen would look like when coupled with a 1GHz Snapdragon processor? Well, now you can as PocketPT has recently put up a video showcasing the HTC Leo’s touchscreen capabilities which we’ve included for your viewing pleasure above.

While we don’t know exactly when the HTC Leo will be made available for purchase, its 4.3-inch capacitive touch screen, 5MP camera and 1GHz processor will definitely make it a more than viable competitor.

Tags: Capacitive, Cell Phones, HTC, htc leo, microsoft, Mobile News, Mobile Software, SnapDragon, Windows Mobile

Earlier today we let you know that HTC has officially announced the Tattoo; a small, Android powered touchscreen device. What we didn’t tell you, however, is that it features a resistive touchscreen as opposed to a capacitive as found in devices such as the iPhone and HTC Hero. But why would HTC choose a touchscreen that is much less favored than the other? Apparantly, because the screen is too small.

That’s right, according to HTC’s official twitter “capacitive screens at small sizes are hard to be accurate with. Resistive ends up registering fewer miss-clicks”. And with the HTC Tattoo’s screen measuring just 2.8-inches they may have a point.

Tags: Capacitive, Cell Phones, HTC, HTC, Mobile News, Mobile Software, resistive, tattoo, touchscreen

When the first iPhone came out, consumers were generally stunned at the touchscreen’s ease of use which could be attributed to the fact that the device features a capacitive screen. However, while that ease of use was made possible, the use of a stylus was made impossible.

Luckily, RIM has recently filed a patent for a hybrid capacitive/resistive touchscreen that will allow users easy finger control while still being able to use a stylus. This means you will be able to write things on the screen with much greater accurarcy in a future BlackBerry model given this patent goes through.

via Gizmodo

Tags: Capacitive, Cell Phones, Hybrid, Mobile News, patent, Research In Motion, Research In Motion, resistive, stylus

According to a recent rumor, Nokia is apparently working on a new high-end handset which will come with a Synaptics touchscreen integrated circuit. The new phone should be available by the third quarter of the year so we should definitely have more details by then. The phone is not the N97 which we’re all expecting to go on sale starting with June.

The rumor is based on the fact that Wintek, the supplier already bringing resistive touchscreens to Nokia’s 5800, has received orders for capacitive touchscreen from Nokia.

via digitimes

Tags: Capacitive, Nokia, Nokia, touchscreen, Wintek

Multitouch capacitive displays are heading to netbooks and notebooks and we’re anxiously waiting for them. EETI will begin shipping 7- and 12-inch versions in the second half of the year. Manufacturers will have all the time in the world to play with them and we should expect them to arrive in netbooks and notebooks next year after CES 2010. Interested?

via digitimes

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