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To some extent, Synaptics is not nearly as visible to consumers as a company like Intel or Qualcomm, but their role in touch interfaces and display driver ICs is a critical part of the user experience. A touchscreen with low processing latency, truly invisible touch sensing, and excellent noise rejection isn’t really what you’ll see on billboards, but if these things aren’t done properly just about anyone will notice the results. Similarly, if a fingerprint scanner has high processing latency and doesn’t have features like learning from a partial match and noise rejection, it’ll be very noticeable if you try a device that has all of these features. Probably the best example of this was the difference in TouchID quality from the iPhone 5s...
Interacting with HTPCs: Logitech and Perixx Options Reviewed
We have reviewed a number of HTPC keyboards from vendors such as IOGEAR, SIIG and Adesso in our 'Interacting with HTPCs' series. All of them were compared with the...
76 by Ganesh T S on 5/11/2015
Interacting with HTPCs: Adesso Keyboard Options Reviewed
There are many options in the market for users wanting to interact with HTPCs and media streamers. In this short piece, we review the keyboard / trackball / touchpad...
40 by Ganesh T S on 10/22/2014
Interacting with HTPCs: IOGEAR and SIIG Options Reviewed
There are many options in the market for users wanting to interact with HTPCs and media streamers. In this short piece, we review the keyboard / trackball / touchpad...
74 by Ganesh T S on 3/2/2014
Interacting with HTPCs: Adesso, IOGear & Rapoo Demonstrate Options at CES 2013
Media Center remotes are a dime a dozen, but, judging by the threads which frequently pop up on AVSForum, it appears as if full-sized keyboards are preferred by a...
13 by Ganesh T S on 1/14/2013
CyanogenMod Team Shows Ice Cream Sandwich Running on HP TouchPad
CyanogenMod 9 is creeping closer and closer to release, and we're seeing it running on more devices all the time - the first ones to get development builds were...
12 by Andrew Cunningham on 1/16/2012
HP TouchPad 3.0.4 Update Now Available, Adds non-webOS Phone Pairing
HP just let us know that the TouchPad, its recently discontinued tablet with an unknown future, is getting another software update over the air today. Version 3.0.4 of the...
10 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 10/18/2011
HP Offers Refund to European Touchpad, Pre3 Buyers
The HP Touchpad's troubled saga continues: the company's European arm is now offering partial refunds to anyone who brought the tablet at anything other than the bargain-basement fire sale...
8 by Andrew Cunningham on 9/14/2011
TouchDroid Project Dies, But Work Continues on Touchpad Android Port
The TouchDroid project, which was created just weeks ago in the wake of HP's Touchpad liquidation sale, has already disbanded. The project's discontinuation stems not from technical problems but...
17 by Andrew Cunningham on 9/9/2011
HP to Produce One More Run of Touchpads
The HP Touchpad's saga continues: after being introduced, discontinued, and liquidated, HP now says that it will be manufacturing a "limited quantity" of the tablets before the end of...
10 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/30/2011
More TouchPad News: QuickOffice HD and Forthcoming System Updates
If you're enjoying your $99 TouchPad, there continue to be new updates on the software side that keep the now-dead platform in the news. When the TouchPad launched it...
12 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/30/2011
HP Offers Another Free 6-pack of TouchPad Apps
If you missed out on last week's free 6-pack of TouchPad apps, HP just introduced another 6-pack including four new apps as well as two from the last 6-pack...
8 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/29/2011
New TouchPad Owners: HP Offers Six Pack of TouchPad Apps for Free
For to those of you who have cashed in on the best tablet buy we've seen to date, HP just made a move to sweeten the already ridiculous deal...
13 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/25/2011
TouchDroid Project Bringing Android to HP Touchpad
The open source community is wasting no time taking ownership of HP's orphaned Touchpad tablet: a new group called the TouchDroid team is looking to bring Android to the...
18 by Andrew Cunningham on 8/22/2011
Updated: HP TouchPad Reduced to $99 and $149 (16GB & 32GB)
If you haven't heard by now, HP is significantly reducing the price of the WiFi TouchPad in order to clear all inventories of the tablet. The 16GB WiFi TouchPad...
35 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/20/2011
It's Not Qualcomm's Fault: Dispelling TouchPad Myths
There's a whole lot of misinformation on the web right now about reasons why HP had troubles with the TouchPad and eventually had to abandon the entire webOS hardware...
79 by Anand Lal Shimpi & Brian Klug on 8/19/2011
webOS Hardware Division Will Shut Down by Q4 2011
On HP's Q3 2011 earnings call it clarified both the reason for the shutdown and the exit timeframe for the webOS hardware division. HP claimed that webOS hardware didn't meet...
6 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/18/2011
HP to Discontinue webOS Hardware, Discussing the Future of webOS
HP just announced its plans to discontinue operations on webOS devices, specifically the recently announced TouchPad and webOS phones. The future of webOS is uncertain as HP simply added...
70 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 8/18/2011
The HP TouchPad Review: webOS on the Big Screen
If this were a race of numbers, Apple would have already won. It isn't. The iPad 2, as successful as it is, isn't perfect. There's tons of room for...
68 by Anand Lal Shimpi on 7/17/2011
HP Touchpad 4G Coming to AT&T
It's with some surprise that we were introduced today to the new HP TouchPad. No, not the one we're currently reviewing. HP is adding another SKU to its roster...
30 by Jason Inofuentes on 7/12/2011
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