Apple's Magic Mouse
They just won the multitouch-device race years ago (iPhone). They kept developing the multitouch technology and brought it to notebooks (Macbook’s multitouch pad). As engineers might know, Apple just got a considerable advantage in multitouch technology.
Microsoft catch it. They noticed that multitouch was the next hip. Before continuing we’ve to notice something, Microsoft doesn’t develop computers, so they partner with other PC makers as HP (their favorite), Acer, or Dell. Three ideas came out from Microsoft:
- Tablet PC: released before iPhone, wasn’t really multitouch, just was extending the PDA concept.
- Microsoft Surface: announced after iPhone, was a good research idea. Implies a different paradigm of use, will see if works. By now, we do know that certainly can’t be focused to be used as standard PC, since is like a table you’ll need to keep your neck down all time to interact with it. Uncomfortable.
- HP Touchsmart: not multitouch either, it might look as the best approach to general use PCs but people gets tired of keeping the arm up for touching the screen (don’t panic, they come with standard mouse and keyboard).