<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/3f6f3660-0fc8-4990-8743-e35d4513c0f5/6BCABAE4-F467-4D93-811C-E7529BF5A95E/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://blog.laptopmag.com/laptops-dont-have-the-touch%e2%80%94yet" href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/laptops-dont-have-the-touch%e2%80%94yet" style="font-size: 11px;">blog.laptopmag.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.laptopmag.com/laptops-dont-have-the-touch%e2%80%94yet">Notebook manufacturers and software vendors need to create software with finger-friendly, graphical user interfaces.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.laptopmag.com/laptops-dont-have-the-touch%e2%80%94yet"><P>One promising example of touch computing’s potential is ASUS’ Touch Gate, which will <A href="http://blog.laptopmag.com/hands-on-with-asus-convertible-eee-pc-t91-and-t101h">debut on the Eee PC T91</A> ($499). It’s the most compelling UI on any tablet I’ve seen yet. You launch Touch Gate by pressing a button on the screen’s bezel, at which point you’ll see a carousel of large, easy-to-select icons. ASUS even built touch capabilities into Internet Explorer including a nice-size virtual keyboard, as well as zoom and pan options. Taking a note from <A href="http://www.laptopmag.com/review/laptops/hp-touchsmart-tx2z.aspx?page=2">HP’s TouchSmart tx2z</A> notebook, other touch applications include Memos, which lets you leave handwritten notes on the desktop; and FotoFun, for flipping through and editing photos.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.laptopmag.com/laptops-dont-have-the-touch%e2%80%94yet">ASUS’ Touch Gate is an important improvement.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.laptopmag.com/laptops-dont-have-the-touch%e2%80%94yet">We need more companies creating touch-friendly user interfaces</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.laptopmag.com/laptops-dont-have-the-touch%e2%80%94yet">ready to accommodate our fingers as the iPhone</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://blog.laptopmag.com/laptops-dont-have-the-touch%e2%80%94yet">GPS devices</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/6BCABAE4-F467-4D93-811C-E7529BF5A95E/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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