Synaptics shows off multitouch screens for multitouch tablets up to 10.1-inches

If there's one thing the world needs it's a few more tablets, tablets with fancy multitouch screens, and that's exactly what Synaptics is helping to spread. The company has announced a suite of touchscreens called the ClearPad 7200 series in sizes up to 10.1-inches, each offering the 10-point multitouch capacitive juju we've come to expect from the company. All support Windows 7 as well as Android and other Linux-based OSes, meaning they could start showing up all over the place. Speaking of, the screens appear to be available to OEMs nowish ahead of products using them coming to retail by the end of the year. No word on cost, but if you were looking to buy a couple-hundred thousand of them Synaptics would surely be happy to make you a deal.

[Scrubs Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:24AM]

I wonder when you'd need all 8 fingers and 2 thumbs.

[MoonWalkerCTE Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:27AM]

@Scrubs Well sometimes me and my brother play on my iPad together like a game of Air hockey or Fruit ninja. You each face an end of the screen and play on your side.

[Tes Posted Jul 28th 2010 12:29PM]

@MoonWalkerCTE

You've not really answered the question? Air hockey can be played, even on an iPad, with a single finger for each player.

[MoonWalkerCTE Posted Jul 28th 2010 1:08PM]

@Tes Yes but not games like Fruit ninja where each can use one hand. Or Disneys Jelly car 2 where you have multiple buttons to press.

[CRA1G Posted Jul 28th 2010 1:21PM]

@Scrubs Leisure Suit Larry in Touchscreen Tahiti?

[NIMBUS Posted Jul 28th 2010 2:58PM]

@Scrubs
...massage trainer prog?

[216 Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:24AM]

Given the typical performance of Synaptics drivers in most Windows Trackpads, I'm not the most trusting of Synaptics tech anymore

[archkron Posted Jul 28th 2010 10:28AM]

@216

Alps drivers are much, much worse.

[Gitthew Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:28AM]

More "iPad killers" on the way

[DefPoet Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:32AM]

@Gitthew
1000 Windows and Android pads/tablets/slates will sell 10 times teh amount of ipads more products = more total sells \
ipad will still the the icon though just like the iphone

[JakeG895 Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:28AM]

if i want a tablet ill buy a macbook pro

[CRA1G Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:43AM]

@JakeG895

Um...huh?

[PWRWarTG Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:53AM]

@CRA1G My head just....

[rodolforfq Posted Jul 28th 2010 11:07AM]

@JakeG895 Fail troll is fail

[JakeG895 Posted Jul 28th 2010 5:56PM]

@Eli Haj hahahaha lol no i was trying to say that a 10.1" dcreen is not big enough, i dont want fingerprints all over it, i was a core i7 and i want a mac

[dsstrainer Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:49AM]

If they're not capactive screens, shut down production immediately

[dsstrainer Posted Jul 28th 2010 9:50AM]

@dsstrainer ok nevermind.. i see now that they are. Good

[ish Posted Jul 28th 2010 10:04AM]

Does anyone else see Cloud's Buster Sword? Or am i just that weird?

[maxbalboa Posted Jul 28th 2010 10:23AM]

@ish
I'm with ya. :)

[ish Posted Jul 28th 2010 10:24AM]

@maxbalboa Oh good! I was worried :D

[Murkurie Posted Jul 28th 2010 10:30AM]

One those screens + Augen tablet = Instant buy

Even though the cost would go up, it would be worth it.

[Evster88 Posted Jul 28th 2010 10:50AM]

@Murkurie I'm looking forward to the Gemini tablets that were leaked earlier this year. Those were *SEXY*

[imtired Posted Jul 28th 2010 10:54AM]

This one goes all the way to 11

[Ceyran Posted Jul 28th 2010 12:09PM]

@imtired
iPad can register 11 "capacitive objects" =]

[FlogAdvertisersdiedie Posted Jul 28th 2010 11:57AM]

drop the article:

the world needs few more tablets


enough

[23fx23 Posted Jul 28th 2010 2:20PM]

want more true multitouch monitors/screens!
more pressure sensitive multi resistive like stantum,

or video in on tablets, that's really sad such technology being locked to poor cpuz...