Buttonless trackpad to hit PCs next year

Darius Chang | Jun 02, 2009

One key gripe we have for Netbooks is the touchpad. It's either having the traditional buttons under the trackpad design and end up with a smaller touch surface or moving the keys awkwardly to the side like on the HP Mini 1000. Synaptics new ClickPad, which is being showcased at the Computex Taipei show this week, turns the entire trackpad into one large button and eliminates the need for separate keys.

Similar to the current crop of MacBooks, the ClickPad is multitouch-enabled though it can detect up to only three digits (Apple machines can recognize to four fingers). Functions include two-finger scrolling, two-finger zoom, two-finger rotate, three-finger flick and three-finger press. The last feature allows the user to open up to six applications at the same time by clicking on the trackpad with three fingers.

Synaptics' new ClickPad is compatible with Windows 7 and will be available to OEMs in Q3 this year.

Via Synaptics

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