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Bought this:
http://www.fidohub.com/product.php?prod_id=56&sort3= from Taiwan just a few days ago. It came in FEDEX this morning! Spent the entire afternoon tearing my new Samsung NC10: http://www.laptopmag.com/review/lapt...10.aspx?page=1 netbook all apart to install it using these directions: http://netbookmag.com/2009/02/03/tut...0-touchscreen- installation/ What a fantastic touchscreen it is. I lost a little bit of my non-glare screen as the surface of the touchscreen must be glossy to prevent friction, but the non-glare screen UNDER it absorbs most of the reflectivity a glossy screen laptop would show through. It's "acceptable". I did the serious 25 point linearity screen calibration after getting the little mainframe back together. How COOL it is to use! The surface is extremely sensitive to finger, fingernail or any stylus touch, so it not being a firmly held tablet makes no difference at all. In the typing position, lay the screen back to a good viewing angle and the touchscreen is SO fast to use, compared to a mouse or touchpad. It's very precise and very fine resolution on this 10.1" screen. Solitaire and games that require pointing like it are very easy to use, much easier. Unfortunately, it didn't improve Solitaire's nasty habit of burying my wins in impossible places, dammit. This company has a winner! It's available for a wide variety of netbooks, Macs, etc. Info on the webpages. It fully supports Windows (any), OSX, Linux with intensive software and very fast drivers. In the Samsung NC10, it installs its USB hub/controller inline with the camera USB connection inside the case. (See instructions and my modifications to their instructions at the bottom.) Here's what it looks like in operation...except I seem to be a better pointer than this guy is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1H_g...eature=related Maybe it's because he has Apple OSX booted, not Ubuntu Linux..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lMh91...eature=related This guy needs to learn when you click something you must WAIT for the software to do what it's told to do, not keep clicking away over and over... Ordered some neat finger styluses for my mobile units.... http://store01.prostores.com/servlet...ip/Detail?no=3 What a great little navigation computer with 10.1" bright screen this would make running your fav NAV software you can click on DIRECTLY without screwing around with mouse of touchpad pointing and clicking. Just point right to the waypoint you want on the big chart and touch the screen to set it or go to it.....just like the big ships do! Back to work in the morning.....Great day wasted! |
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