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Video: Is this how the MacBook’s multi-touch track pad will work?

January 10, 2008 by Dr. Macenstein
Filed under: Awesomeness, Hardware, MacBook, video

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Elantech demoed their new multi-touch laptop trackpad this week at CES, and it seems to function quite a bit like the much-rumored multi-touch MacBook’s trackpad is supposed to.

Although Elantech’s pad is much smaller than the one many Apple fanboys have mocked-up, functionally, it behaves very similarly to the iPhone â€“ with pinch zoom in/out movements. One cool new feature is a full rotate, accomplished using 2 hands.

While the wide track pad in the Apple mock-ups looked a bit odd, you can see a standard trackpad begins to look quite cramped when trying to accomplish screen navigation.
(Via Engadget)

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4 Comments on Video: Is this how the MacBook’s multi-touch track pad will work?

Robert B on Thu, 10th Jan 2008 7:08 pm

Elantech should expect to hear from Apple’s lawyers. Their multi-touch pad action is a clear violation of Apple’s patents.

Lucky on Thu, 10th Jan 2008 8:07 pm

I hope not Looks crappy. No animation, no nothing.

R on Thu, 10th Jan 2008 8:49 pm

Pawing at a trackpad is not very useful. And did anyone notice the anti-pinch, an entirely awkward and unnatural move to resize an object? Hey look, everyone– I can make technology do things no one does! [insert YAY here]

Friendly Stranger on Thu, 10th Jan 2008 8:51 pm

Nope, you should look here

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

This is the company Apple bought several years ago…most all of their multitouch capabilities will come from its acquired technology.

FYI, I have 6 of various FingerWorks products and am typing/gesturing this on a MacinTouch keyboard replacement for the PBG4! Good Stuff, But it will be interesting to see how it will be Apple-ized.

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