Stantum shows off resistive multitouch Slate PC, we're awed again

Stantum Japan already got us all giddy and schoolgirlish once, and now that the company's TouchPark has reached the proof of concept stage, we're ready to fawn all over again. Initially compatible only with smartphone hardware, the firmware seems to have been adapted to the x86 instruction set, as it's now perched atop a Dell Mini 10 netbook modded with a resistive touchscreen. Responsiveness and accuracy are both remarkable, with the multitouch feature accommodating as many fingers as you can fit on the screen. There's pressure sensitivity too, and we even get to see the thing used with a paintbrush. A paintbrush. Scalable from 2.5 to 30 inches, this can do all the gestures, swipes and rotations you want, and viewing the video after the break will lead you to conclude the same as us: this needs to be out yesterday.

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[Quikboy Posted Nov 27th 2009 2:00PM]

WinMo 7 + that = Awesomeness.

[Sepirioth Posted Nov 27th 2009 5:57PM]

@Quikboy
mobile? really? you wouldn't prefer it with windows 7? (or OSX if your into that)

[Kherberos Posted Nov 27th 2009 2:29PM]

I m not sure about resistive, the screen is made of plastic, it will tarnish over time (effect of UV light) and get scratched more easily than glass (much like a crystal clear plexiglass ruler on the day you buy it that becomes all blurry after some time). I m also wondering about the sloppy feeling when touching then compared to simple glass hard surface of capacitive (if you look closely at the video you will see that the surface is bending when the guy is pressing it).
I guess it will depend of the application, both techniques have their plus and minus.

[surgex Posted Nov 27th 2009 3:47PM]

We won't be seeing this on mobile phones any time soon.
The problem is to be able to do this with a resistive screen, it requires a thicker screen and the connector ribbon to be larger, as well as finely tuned drivers. This also takes up more power than a capacitive screen. Resistive technology sucks imho.

[ktcochran Posted Nov 27th 2009 9:24PM]

Today people, today!

[stasguy Posted Nov 27th 2009 10:32PM]

@ktcochran SSSSSStat!

[(Unverified) Posted Nov 29th 2009 7:39AM]

Wacom is waaaay beter than this.

[Noesouratem Posted Nov 30th 2009 8:41PM]

Resistive touch technology is in my opinion, on the long journey out. It's far less accurate requires a mushy screen with soft plastics that don't last, has a poor visibility compared to straight glass and takes up unnecessary amounts of room in a mobile device.

The jump to capacitive was a huge leap in technology from the old resistive. As for pressure sensitivity this can be achieved more easily via something like a wacom-esk stylus on a capacitive screen or an underlay that senses pressure. combine it with location data and you have the same premise.