Lenovo's previous touchscreens supported single-finger gestures only. The multitouch screens on the tablets will support two-finger gestures, whereas the multitouch screens on the T400s will support four-finger gestures.
Lenovo x200 multitouch full#
Users of Lenovo tablets will need to choose between these new screen options.Īlso in the new PCs, Lenovo has performed firmware tweaks for better touch performance, such as extending full touch capabilities all the way to the bezel and preventing interference from fingerprints on the screen. The bright screens are engineered to be friendly to battery life in addition to reducing glare.īut for the moment, at least, Lenovo is not combining the new "super bright" and multitouch capabilities in the same screen, because doing so would bring too much bulk, Majapura said. Lenovo's super bright screens produce reflectivity of only 1.2%, in comparison to 4% to 8% for standard screens, he estimated. "The screens have been big and heavy, and they've eaten up a lot of battery life," the analyst said.īut Majapura told Betanews that Lenovo's engineers have been able to use direct bonding technology - in conjunction with the right materials - to add an anti-glare layer to the screen without adding appreciably more weight.
Up to now, super bright screens have been basically confined to military PCs," according to Enderle. "There hasn't been anything out there that works outdoors like this, and there won't be anything else that on October 22, either."
Lenovo x200 multitouch Pc#
"The multitouch in Windows 7 is something that people will really be pointing to," the Gartner analyst told Betanews.īeyond the specific innovations Lenovo has come up with for Microsoft's multitouch, Lenovo will stand out from the pack of other Windows 7 PC vendors with its "outdoor screen," maintained Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group. "All of the vendors out there have been figuring out how they can differentiate their Windows 7 PCs," observed Leslie Fiering, research VP at Gartner. Lenovo is including a realignment tile, too, for bringing the tiles back to their original positions. You can also use touch to position the tiles anywhere you want to on the screen, and you can "fling" the tiles just for fun. You might add a tile that brings up a YouTube video, for example. "Another interesting thing is that you can customize SimpleTap by adding your own tiles," noted Aaron Stewart, a member of Lenovo's User Experience and Design Team. Double-tapping other tiles brings up sliders for adjusting volume and picture brightness. SimpleTap, a new multitouch application designed by Lenovo, will buttress new multitouch and gesturing capabilities in Windows 7 by supplying a "quick access control center." By double-tapping on SimpleTap's pre-built "tiles," you can quickly carry out functions such as zooming in or out or muting and unmuting the microphone. The super bright screens, however, will be available only with the X200 tablets, said Mika Majapura, worldwide segment manager for ThinkPad X-series, in a briefing for Betanews.
Lenovo is offering the new multiscreen technology with both its T400s laptop and X200 tablet PC.
Lenovo x200 multitouch portable#
With the October 22 rollout of Microsoft's new operating system now little over a month away, Lenovo today introduced portable PCs with two unique screen options: a multitouch screen, enhanced by a new application called SimpleTap, plus a super bright screen visible even under the sunniest skies.
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