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Thursday 13 December 2007

Capacitive touch screen by Dell

The Multitouch screen developed by Apple for the iPhone has introduced a revolutionary user interface which today seems push the competition to inovate more and more in this field and make up their own answer to block or at least to limit the Apple breakthrough. Even if a large number of computer companies were also working on this kind of interface (see the Microsoft "Surface" technology for example), Apple has forced its competitors to react quickly and showing what they got.

By the way, Dell has recently introduced its new Latitude XT, a inovative tablet PC whith an brand new sensitive and capacitive touch technology. The Dell Latitude XT's screen "senses the touch of a finger with no pressure leading to better accuracy, response times, screen durability, and ultimately, a better user experience".

To allow you to see how it works the following trailer is taken from a longer video you could watch on the Dell's blog Direct2Dell. To be honest, I find this initiative really interesting, but I'm waiting to see the Apple answer, because I'm sure Mac OS X can offer a better interaction and a more intuitive user friendly interface. What do you think?

Latitude XT: Capacitive Touch and More

Dell Latitude XT Tablet PC Release and Our First Thoughts

Business man of the year 2007 : Steve Jobs

Steve Jobs_Homme de l'année 2007

According to the Fortune magazine, the most important and influent personality of this year is... the Apple's CEO, and I really think they right. 2007 was clearly a historical year for Apple which get a so hudge and deserved success. If someone can be proud of this rebirth, it's clearly the charismatic co-founder of the firm, Steve Jobs. Because it's obviously the new strategy implemented by Jobs when he came back to Apple in 1997, which allowed Apple to become again a profit-making company, which now worth more than Dell in matter of stock-exchange value. After bringing a different way to think computer, "changed the dynamics of consumer electronics with the iPod, and persuaded the music industry, the television networks, and Hollywood to distribute their wares with the iTunes Music Store", this year he shattered the so concentrated and so predictive cellular telephone business with the incontrovertible iPhone.

So It seems indisputable that Steve jobs deserves to be considered as the most powerful people in business of the year 2007.

The power of Steve Jobs