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I used to use things like this to make kiosks. It's not multitouch. The touch display tech can best be described as "janky." It's essentially just using your fi

I used to use things like this to make kiosks. It's not multitouch. The touch display tech can best be described as "janky." It's essentially just using your finger as a mouse. No comparison to what Apple does. Nobody who has used an iPhone will still consider non-multitouch touch screens "good enough."

stcredzero 17y ago
Compared to the control systems on lots of existing equipment, it's still a big potential improvement. It's not an iPhone replacement. It's a high resolution display with touch interface enabler. A lot of restaurant POS systems would fit nicely on such a device. For that purpose, you don't even need to have them battery powered. Just make each waitperson's "login" very rapid. (4 digit PIN?) Scatter these things throughout the place.
- starkfist 17y ago
  the key word is "potential." I don't see an obvious way to make this much better than existing industrial touchscreen. Also, there are plenty of touchscreen kits that don't require taking things apart and figuring out your own operating system.
  - stcredzero 17y ago
    I don't see an obvious way to make this much better than existing industrial touchscreen. There's some nice demo/sales potential, in that it looks a faux iPad. If it's nice close up, then that is one advantage. Also, there are plenty of touchscreen kits that don't require taking things apart and figuring out your own operating system. Part of the fun! In any case, if entire systems this capable are end-consumer commodity items for only $129 now, that fact alone is interesting. It's only a matter of time before someone has a platform at this price point capable of supporting a browser-centric system. For $129, I think a lot of DIY folks would be willing to forgo multitouch and be tethered by a thin power cord while on the couch.

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I used to use things like this to make kiosks. It's not multitouch. The touch display tech can best be described as "janky." It's essentially just using your fi

by starkfist 17y ago

stcredzero 17y ago
Compared to the control systems on lots of existing equipment, it's still a big potential improvement. It's not an iPhone replacement. It's a high resolution display with touch interface enabler. A lot of restaurant POS systems would fit nicely on such a device. For that purpose, you don't even need to have them battery powered. Just make each waitperson's "login" very rapid. (4 digit PIN?) Scatter these things throughout the place.
- starkfist 17y ago
  the key word is "potential." I don't see an obvious way to make this much better than existing industrial touchscreen. Also, there are plenty of touchscreen kits that don't require taking things apart and figuring out your own operating system.
  - stcredzero 17y ago
    I don't see an obvious way to make this much better than existing industrial touchscreen. There's some nice demo/sales potential, in that it looks a faux iPad. If it's nice close up, then that is one advantage. Also, there are plenty of touchscreen kits that don't require taking things apart and figuring out your own operating system. Part of the fun! In any case, if entire systems this capable are end-consumer commodity items for only $129 now, that fact alone is interesting. It's only a matter of time before someone has a platform at this price point capable of supporting a browser-centric system. For $129, I think a lot of DIY folks would be willing to forgo multitouch and be tethered by a thin power cord while on the couch.