If you like the whole “touch” interface concept that iPhone has made so popular, then Levovo’s Multitouch Notebooks with upcoming “SimpleTap” are something you will want to get your hands on. This is a particularly efficient concept for those on the go or in the field that juggle a notebook, documents, cell phones or other accoutriments and need easy access to computer data?
The Lenovo Enhanced Multitouch panel uses the same touch concpet familari to iPhone users. It offers the latest in touch-screen technology, letting you easily and naturally interact with applications using your fingers or digitizer pen. The new tablet and laptop models were released mid-September and our specifically designed to take advantage of Microsoft’s new Windows 7 operating system scheduled to be released Oct. 22.
Lenovo, mindful that it’s among a slew of PC makers trying to capitalize on Windows 7’s new touch-screen capabilities, is introducing some software of its own in a bid to set itself apart from the competition. Its new SimpleTap application, which works only with Lenovo’s new touch-screen models, enables users to access basic functions with a double tap anywhere on the screen. That brings up a group of translucent “tiles,” akin to icons, that enable you to touch the screen to adjust the volume or screen brightness, put your PC to sleep, turn on and off the microphone and the light that illuminates the keyboard, and more. Users also can customize SimpleTap. For example, an insurance agent can create quick access to different claims forms with different tiles. Or a sales rep can easily leaf through a Web demo or PowerPoint application.
SimpleTap is designed for two new Lenovo models: the ThinkPad X200 Tablet and the ThinkPad T400s laptop. The former offers an optional two-finger touch-screen for functions such as zooming in and rifling through documents and images. The latter is designed for engineers and designers – users can use four fingers to manipulate objects and shift images. Both models are available immediately. But users who want to make optimum use of their touch capabilities may want to wait until Windows 7 comes out on Oct. 22; models purchased before then will have the Vista operating system. Also, SimpleTap won’t be available for free download for those models until after Oct. 22; next year SimpleTap will be pre-loaded on those models.
The X200 with multi-touch screen starts at $1,654; the ThinkPad T400s starts at $1,999.
Worried about smudges on your screen? Lenovo says the new models have a fingerprint-resistant coating.
