Eee PC to sport multitouch touchpad
Darius Chang | Mar 27, 2008
Despite the the best-laid plans of mice and men, no one can escape the sieve named FCC. According to documents submitted to the US Federal Communications Commission, the 8.9-inch Eee PC manual reveals that it will have a multitouch touchpad, much like the one found on the MacBook Air.
There are two main functions available--zooming and scrolling. By spreading or meeting two digits on the touchpad, documents and images on OpenOffice Writer/Impress, Adobe reader and Photomanager can be enlarged or shrunk. Two-finger scrolling, on the other hand, is available for all applicable applications.
This is a great feature to include in the Eee PC, much better than the questionable inclusion of a touchscreen or GPS radio. Hopefully, we'll see multitouch start cropping up in other ASUS laptops as well.
Via Gizmodo and FCC
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jhei
If all proposed features will be squeezed in then I'll definitely be getting one the soonest time possible
Mar 27, 2008 17:48