Apple is already shrinking the screen size on the iPhone down from 3.5 inches to 3.2 inches, which is not that severe of a drop. It is just enough to allow the device to cut down on battery life a little, and to make it thinner. It is rumored that there will also be a miniature version of the iPhone, ... continued »

If you have ever looked down at that sleek iPhone or iPod Touch in your pocket and thought "wow, this thing needs a stylus", then Brightonnet's new BI-IPEN might just be for you. As capacitive touch devices, the iPhone and iPod Touch can not use a stylus. They need to feel the small electric charge from your fingertip, which plastic ... continued »

According to an article published on a German website, the manager of Intel in Germany has confirmed that Apple will be shipping a device that will sport their new Atom processor. We had seen the rumor for a tablet like device, that could supposedly be launched at WWDC. If this leak does turn out to be true, it definitely adds ... continued »

All the Rumors were true, the Macbook Air has been released today at Macworld. Boasting a weight of 3 pounds, .76 -.16 inches in size from front to rear, a full size backlit keyboard, 13.3-inch display, mult-touch gestures for the trackpad, iSight built in, 1.6GHz (1.8Ghz optional) Core 2 Duo , 2GB RAM, 80GB HDD (64GB SSD Optional), 802.11n WiFi, ... continued »

Looking quite a lot better than the thrown-together mockup David Sieger used to illustrate his theory of an upcoming iPod Touch-based MacBook tablet, possibly reviving the Newton name, this fan-made creation manages to capture the current state of Apple design.  They've even developed the idea of an iMac style docking station into which an Apple sub-device would slot so as ... continued »

Those people who couldn't wait for Apple to release an official Mac Tablet, and who instead pre-ordered Axiotron's Modbook alternative, will be getting a New Year treat as the company announces the pen-based OS X portable is finally shipping.  We first wrote about the Modbook - basically an Apple MacBook Pro rebuilt with a Wacom touchscreen digitizer to make a tablet - ... continued »

Sony has taken Apple's two-fingered MultiTouch and raised them to five, meaning that we could soon see devices from the Japanese giant that recognise all the digits of a user's hand.  Unlike the Apple system, as featured on the iPhone and the iPod Touch, which can track either one finger for selection or dragging, or two fingers for zooming control, ... continued »

Bearing in mind how tricky it can be to speculate hardware direction from both job adverts and patents, all signs continue to point toward a MultiTouch Apple tablet; most recently, Apple have advertised a new position with the Mac and iPod hardware groups for MultiTouch panel development, working on testing the hardware's reliability and comparing products from different suppliers.   Read the ... continued »

Looks like Microsoft have decided they've had enough of hearing that the iPhone has "killed" traditional touchscreens.  Earlier this week, Microsoft software test engineer Hilton Locke spilt a tidbit about Windows Mobile 7, the follow-up to Vista: "If you are impressed by the "touch features" in the iPhone, you'll be blown away by what's coming in Windows 7" Hilton Locke, TabBlogger It ... continued »

We're big fans of MultiTouch here at MY iTablet, and it looks like Apple feels the same way.  Three patents first filed shortly after the iPhone's US launch indicate that the technology is developing from the small-scale screens of their cellphone and its iPod Touch cousin into something more suitable for larger displays.  Unlike the current touchscreen, which can recognise ... continued »