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Offer tablets with capacitive multi-touch and a publicly available API.

130 points posted to Latitude products, Monitors and Displays by mlazarov Mar 26

I realize that the Latitude XT already has a capacitive touch screen which I have heard is dramatically better than resistive screens. I would like to see Dell leverage this capacitive touch technology to offer tablet PCs with capacitive multi-touch screen.

I understand that if the hardware is there the problem may still lie with support from software and the operating system. To help remedy this problem, I propose that Dell offer a publicly available API in order to allow all developers to develop novel applications that utilize multi-touch technology.

I don't know if the API would help the situation with Windows system, but I have seen several multi-input systems for Linux that have been available for several years. This base of code may serve as a jumping off point for new and exciting applications of multi-touch relevant to both business and consumer applications

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