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Touch The Screen To Come Alive

By Daniel Jordan


Portable Digital Assistants (PDAs) are adopting touchscreen technology to make it easier to operate the device. These have become immensely popular. A touchscreen detects a touch within its display area. The touch may be that of a finger or hand directly or through an intermediary as a stylus. This makes the touchscreen as an interface to interact with the device through the touchscreen. The interaction is with what is indicated or displayed at the point of touch. It is a substitute of what otherwise was managed directly by a mouse or a touchpad. Touchscreen actually does not even need an intermediary as a stylus. The origin of touchscreen was in the 1960s and in 1972 it was used in a computer assisted learning terminal. The HP-150 was one of the earliest commercial touchscreen computer launched in 1983. Multipoint touchscreen has since been developed to facilitate touch by more than one finger on the screen. It is now possible for multiple users to interact with the touchscreen at the same time.

The kiosk systems were one of the first to pick up the touchscreen technology. Kiosks are making their appearance in a variety of places for a variety of purpose. They can be spotted in retail stores, ATMs, tourist settings, train stations and airports. The technology has also been adapted for use in automobiles, airplanes, gaming consoles, machine control systems, appliances and various hand display devices. It finds applications in industrial automation and room automation. It is also becoming a favorite with mobile phones as, for instance, the iPhone and Nintendo DS. Touchscreen is becoming widely used and popular with smartphones, portable game consoles, PDAs and the information appliances.

Newer PDA models, sleek and fashionable, are making their appearance in the market. Newer features are integrated into the system. The market has such models as Palm TX, the PalmOne M515, Pharos 535e Traveler, palm Z22 handheld, Palm TX Handheld, HP iPAQ 111 Classic Handheld, Nokia N810 Portable Internet Tablet and Palm Tungsten E2 Handheld. You can check out users' view in the Internet by searching, for instance, for Palm Z22 with Palm Z22 review.

PDAs have demonstrated their potential for absorbing newer technologies and extending its functionality. Expanding markets and technological advancement have brought the cost of PDAs down. PDAs have become more user-friendly that it can be operated by those who do not have much computer knowledge.

Because of technology, bigger things are getting smaller and almost everything is getting close at hand. Instead of just grabbing anything you see in stores, always make the right choice when you buy technological gadgets.




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