Filco's SmartTrack Neo multi-touch trackpad gives PCs the 2-fingered salute

It sure took awhile but you're looking at one of, if not the first external USB trackpads with multi-touch gesture support. The $50 (¥4,980) SmartTrack Neo model FTP500UB rocks USB 1.1 and XP / Vista drivers to bring your legacy laptop up to fighting specs with fancy modern rigs. A two-handed mouse the size of a brick -- really, how can you resist?

[Via Akihabara News]

[Aziz S Posted Apr 20th 2009 6:20AM]

Apple says hello.

[Smart People Play Tuba Posted Apr 20th 2009 2:47PM]

Those hand drawings remind me of something else entirely.

[mex Posted Apr 20th 2009 6:22AM]

why Lauren spend so few for an HP? to buy this gorgeous add-on for her laptop...

[Saad Posted Apr 20th 2009 7:58AM]

Or to use it with her desktop PC.
Or use it on her husband's Dell PC.
Or use it on her 3 years old laptop.
Or to move it wherever suits her.

PC world is about your choices, not a one-man's idea of life.

Should I go on, sucker?

[mex Posted Apr 20th 2009 8:03AM]

why, desktop PC are supposed to have a MOUSE
3 years old apple laptop had the multitouch touchpad (not the 3 fingers gestures, but at least the 2 fingers scrolling)

Yeah she can move it on her Zune

PC is about choice? like for example which Operating System PAY when you buy it?
Yeah... choices...

L00S3R

[Saad Posted Apr 20th 2009 8:29AM]

Lol, it's only people like you mex that will always make it easier for me to prove my points, and after what you've just vomited in that second comment of yours you still did ignore:

That I can use this trackpad on any PC; new, 5 years old, it will work, and I don't need to buy a whole new laptop to enjoy the multitouch experience, I have the choice to not buy it too. I personally find it absolutely useless. I have an opinion and I pick my computers based on my choice. I'm not talking about 2-fingers tracking, because if I had to give my opinion on such trackpads I wold day: with only one finger you can do what these two fingered gestures would do. Why use two fingers?!

And your comment about the operating system is no different from a Mac, sucker. Lol, such a stupid fanboy.

P.S: Thank you from bringing up the Zune in a subject that has nothing to do with it.

[mex Posted Apr 20th 2009 9:12AM]

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That I can use this trackpad on any PC; new, 5 years old, it will work, and I don't need to buy a whole new laptop to enjoy the multitouch experience, I have the choice to not buy it too. I personally find it absolutely useless. I have an opinion and I pick my computers based on my choice.
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yeah... no issues with old computers, Windows and drivers... isn't it? :)

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I'm not talking about 2-fingers tracking, because if I had to give my opinion on such trackpads I wold day: with only one finger you can do what these two fingered gestures would do. Why use two fingers?!
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why two fingers? because you can do it whenever you want without move your finger on the right side of the touchpad...

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And your comment about the operating system is no different from a Mac, sucker. Lol, such a stupid fanboy.
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nothing to pointout there uhm... :)

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P.S: Thank you from bringing up the Zune in a subject that has nothing to do with it.
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You're welcome, maybe you don't know you can use an iPod Touch / iPhone as touchpad too... n00b

[superhobo Posted Apr 20th 2009 9:49AM]

You can't choose your OS on a PC?

Noobs, both of you.

[mex Posted Apr 20th 2009 9:51AM]

Can Lauren get a 50$ discount on purchase for the shining Vista OS? I suppose no... isn't it?

[Harrison Posted Apr 20th 2009 9:55PM]

Lauren won't need the $50 discount - she already has Vista standard.

[Wwhat Posted Apr 21st 2009 1:45AM]

»Don't feed the trolls«

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 6:29AM]

despite it looking like it might give me hand cancer... I'm kinda tempted to use on my work machine..

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 6:31AM]

We made touchpad with same feature for US$3
(See, the new iPoed shuffer is not expansive ;-)

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 6:39AM]

Oh, but my EeePC 901 touchpad has identical functions.

[furquanatique Posted Apr 20th 2009 10:57AM]

Yup, my EeePC 1000H has multi-touch functions too!

[superhobo Posted Apr 20th 2009 6:38AM]

Two handed? I believe this model has the TablePlace feature, whereby you can simply place it on your table and it does all the holding in place work. Quite amazing, I know, but we live in exciting times.

[Ghen Posted Apr 20th 2009 8:16AM]

But what if you're computing in a completely frictionless environment? What then smartypants???

[jitters333 Posted Apr 20th 2009 8:26AM]

Duct tape!!.. duh.. Smartypants!!

[superhobo Posted Apr 20th 2009 10:05AM]

Sleeve attachment for only 79.99 space dollars.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 7:06AM]

Does "the shocker" gesture shut down the computer, then? It certainly seems to end things in real life...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 7:31AM]

This ad can also be seen in Maxim Magazine's "Found Porn" section.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 7:42AM]

Is it just me or are those gestures clearly for something besides mousing?

[Ghen Posted Apr 20th 2009 8:17AM]

squishing faces.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 9:12AM]

squishing and touching clit, vagina and other similar parts of the boddy, perhaps?

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 9:12AM]

squishing and touching clit, vagina and other similar parts of the body, perhaps?

[Ethan Posted Apr 20th 2009 10:30AM]

I told a guy to rotate with finger gestures yesterday, for some reason he punched me in the face.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 8:42AM]

There was this touchpad that I have had for several years... it does multi-touch, as well...

http://www.fingerworks.com/igesture_tech.html

I don't think they are in business anymore, though.... so this brick may not last for too long...

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 9:03AM]

Fingerworks inventors work for apple now. and it seems that their knowledge went into the iphone. Good on them!

http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/

I am suprised that apple have not released a seprate multitouch pad like that. so you can get the same features on your imac or Macpro or even windows

[NinjaMonkey Posted Apr 20th 2009 12:45PM]

this looks dirty

[nanobis Posted Apr 20th 2009 10:24AM]

If only it was avaliable in the UK

[mpeters13 Posted Apr 20th 2009 11:57AM]

Oh Tommy-boy. You're on a roll today.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 2:20PM]

Ah but they missed the shocker ;)

[ale Posted Apr 20th 2009 6:14PM]

I kinda feel the company should be called flicko