52 Hot Touch-Screen Innovations - From Cell Phones to Coffee Tables (SUPER GALLERY)

Since the debut of the iPod Touch, touch-screen surfaces have increasingly become integral features of many mainstream consumer technologies. The iPhone further fueled this obsession, and spurred a huge movement of “iPhone killers” which copied many of its features, but it was the touch-screen that captivated consumers. Samsung has done a fantastic job at capitalizing on this, their touch-screen cell phones being among the most popular non-Apples on the market.

On a more luxurious and futuristic front is the Microsoft surface and other larger touch-screen interfaces.

This cluster highlights some of the touch-screen technologies, from cell phones to coffee tables, getting people excited today. The main image in the gallery is of the HP TouchSmart, a $1,250 computer with a touch-screen interface.

Touch-Screen Cell Phones

77 iPhone Innovations (and iPhone Worship) (SUPER GALLERY)

Whether you like Apple’s iPhone or not, there is no denying it started a revolution that has forever changed phone design. It was an iPod, an Internet device, and a phone without having buttons. From… [More]

LG’s New Phones - LG Dare, Decoy and Chocolate 3 (GALLERY)

LG fans and cell phone junkies are rejoicing the launch of the LG Dare, the LG Decoy and the LG Chocolate 3. All three Verizon Wireless handsets are being welcomed, but it’s the touch-screen LG Dare that’s… [More]

Eco-Friendly Smart Phones - Greener Grass LINC (GALLERY)

With new phone models and fads popping up each few months, people do not hold onto their phones as long as they used to. And let’s be honest, not everyone is motivated enough to recycle their old phone.… [More]

Lamborghini Touch-Screen Phone - ZX1 Lamborghini PDA by Asus

Italian auto manufacturer Lamborghini is releasing their own touch-screen phone, which is speculated to look and act very similar to the Apple iPhone. The ZX1 Lamborghini PDA phone will be made by ASUS… [More]

Phones for Couples - Feel Touch Phones (Update) (VIDEO)

We told you about Provoke’s three phone concepts for the year 2012, but now we have the first look at the incredible Feel in action at NY Design Week 2008. Designed especially for couples, Feel allows… [More]

Mobile Phone of 2014 - Light Flash (GALLERY)

The Light Flash 2014 mobile phone concept by designer Peter Zsolt Koren is not really a flash light as the name might suggest, it actually incorporates an interactive projector right inside the phone.… [More]

Mobile With Transparent Screen - Microsoft LucidTouch (VIDEO)

The LucidTouch is a new mobile concept launched by Microsoft and Mitsubishi that gives the end user the ability to control the devise by touching its see-through back; users can choose to manipulate objects… [More]

ONYX - The Next Generation Mobile Handset

If you have come to rely on your mobile phone’s keypad , you will probably have trouble adapting to the ONYX a buttonless mobile phone. Visually you wont be able to keep your hands off it.  Synaptics’… [More]

Samsung Touch-Screen Cell Phones

Another iPhone Knock-Off - Samsung Croix (GALLERY)

Another iPhone knock-off? No surprise there! Samsung’s new Croix just won the iF Communication Design Award 2007. This phone was made to be a direct competitor to the iPhone. Just like the Apple iPhone,… [More]

iPhone Clones - Samsung Omnia i900

The Samsung Omnia i900, which is being hailed as one of the top iPhone clones to date, was unveiled today. Not only does the all-touch smartphone look much like Apple’s mobile, but the Omnia i900’s features… [More]

Touch Phones with Unique UI - Samsung AnyCall Haptic (VIDEO)

Hello, beautiful! Samsung has unveiled a brand new touch screen phone, the top premium model in its AnyCall Series:AnyCall Haptic. AnyCall Haptic sports a new UI that is specifically designed for users… [More]

Morphing Mobile Interface - Samsung Soul (GALLERY)

To be unleashed next week at Barcelona’s Mobile World Congress, Samsung Soul, is a new member of its Ultra Edition range. The most impressive feature about Soul is its touchpad display with ‘Magical Touch’… [More]

Touch-Screen Mobile Phone Watches

New LG Watch Phone Unveiled (CES 2008) (VIDEO)

There have been other watch-phones, but those have been mostly by Chinese companies that nobody has heard of. The exception was LG’s Korean rival Hyundai and it’s W-100 Watch Phone as I previously… [More]

Smallest Touch-Screen Phone - C1000 Golf Watch (GALLERY)

The new C1000 Golf has officially taken first place for world’s smallest touch-screen phone. How long can they keep this going before it gets ridiculous? I mean, they have to make the screen big enough… [More]

World’s 1st Phone Watch - M500 Mobile Phone Watch (GALLERY)

Finally the world’s first phone watch, the M500 Cell Watch, has hit the market! The 60g touch-screen wristwatch comes with a Blue-tooth wireless headset, eliminating the need for a cell phone entirely.… [More]

Touch-Screen Cameras & Other Small Gadgets

Slim Cameras - BenQ T850 is “World’s Slimmest” 8MP (GALLERY)

(TREND HUNTER) BenQ is hailing its new T850 camera as the world’s slimmest 8 megapixel, measuring less than 15mm thick with 3x optical zoom, 3 inch touch-screen LCD and ISO 1600 support. The unique thing about the… [More]

Fingernail Cameras - Make Everything Your Touch Pad (VIDEO)

In the future, everything could become a touch-sensitive interface, but it wouldn’t be the object itself that was picking up the movement, it would be a system integrated into each finger, specifically… [More]

Professional Photography Phones - K-Touch 8MP Canon C280 (GALLERY)

(TREND HUNTER) It’s been a while since we had interesting camera phones, so this packed beast of a phone surely wets my appetite. K-Touch unveiled its 8 Mega Pixel camera phone, the C280 during CHITEC 2008 in China.… [More]

Phone, Computer & More Under Your Skin - Digital Tattoo Interface

The Greener Gadgets Conference had some really ‘interesting’ concepts. Take this concept by Jim Mielke for example; a gadget that is ‘tattooed’ under your skin and runs on blood by turning glucose and… [More]

Touch-Screen Computers

Touch-Screen OLED Keyboards - Optimus Tactus

Most of us would have heard of the Optimus Maximus Keyboard which employed small OLED Screens on the keys which could be programmed to preform different functions. Optimus has already hit the drawing boards… [More]

Apple Tablet Underway? - Time for Touch-Screen MacBook (VIDEO)

Rumors have been swirling that Apple could be producing a touch-screen tablet computer, combining the direct screen interaction of the iPhone with the functions of a MacBook. PC World pictured, “Apple… [More]

Transparent Apple Displays - MacBook Touch (GALLERY)

In what could be the holy grail of tablet computing, Apple’s latest applied patent (see image below, right) showcases using a transparent multi-touch display that can work as a control surface on two sides,… [More]

Windows 7 Demo - Gates Reveals Multi-Touch OS Integration (VIDEO)

Forget about traditional computing and PC interface, Microsoft is taking the excitement of the Surface and iPhone multi-touch and integrating it with their next operating system. Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer… [More]

Future Tech Predictions - Laptops in 2015 (GALLERY)

Compenion, Canova, Siafu, Cario. These are a few names of laptops we’ll be whining for in 2015. The Compenion concept notebook from Felix Schmidberger in Stuttgart, Germany, has designed a laptop that… [More]

Eco Bracelet Computers - The Flux PC (GALLERY)

The Flux PC concept is an ultra-portable computer that can be worn on your wrist and consists of three parts: the bracelet, a display that can folded and the inductive charging tray. It is designed based… [More]

Touch-Screen Gaming & Music

Touch-Screen Old School Games - Multi-Touch Missile Command (VIDEO)

According to their website, Obscura Digital has developed proprietary software that allows them “to turn virtually any surface into a full-motion video canvass”, including even buildings and walls.  Well,… [More]

Super Slender MP3 Players - CVSJ-1304 by Chinavision is World’s Thinnest (VIDEO)

The Chinavision CVSJ-1304 is the world’s thinnest portable media player. This 4 GB player has a 1.8 inch touch screen with a 160 x 128 resolution and supports MP4, MP3, WMA, ASF, and WAV formats. It… [More]

Electroplankton - Musical Touch Screen Gadget as Art

Created by artist Toshio Lwai, Electroplankton is a combination of art and music that unfolds in a diferent way with every touch of the screen. Featuring 10 different musical models, it create melodies… [More]

Touchscreen Guitar - Modified Guitar Hero 3 Also Has Magnetic Switch (VIDEO)

Thousands of Guitar Hero fans will go crazy for the Guitar Hero III touch-screen and magnetic switch. No, this isn’t some thing new on the market in time for Christmas. It’s actually the creation of… [More]

Wireless Touch-Screen Piano - Yamaha Disklavier Mark IV

Yamaha is becoming more technologically advanced, taking music a step further with its Disklavier Mark IV, an easy-to-use, yet advanced music entertainment system. Its features and functions are packed… [More]

Touch-Screen Control Panels & Shopping Interfaces

Solar Speedboats - Czeers MK1 is World’s First (VIDEO)

(TREND HUNTER) The Czeers MK1, a solar powered speedboat, is the world’s first of its kind. The ten meter, 20-knot boat is a zero emission, 100% carbon fibre speedster covered in photovoltaic cells, from the top of the… [More]

Ultra Luxury Wine Vaults - Walk-in Wine Cellar (GALLERY)

If you have a giant sprawling mansion and a penchant for quality Chardonnay, this walk-wine wine cellar vault is for you. The giant silver, brushed aluminum cube is idea for perfectly regulation the temperatures… [More]

Louis Vuitton Vespas - One Has a Touch-Screen (GALLERY)

Vespas are one of the hippest ways to get around these days, especially in Europe. Luxury brands are also as hot as ever. This gallery shows a few different Louis Vuitton scooters, some entirely covered… [More]

Is VW Concept Apple’s Mystery Car? - Space Up! Blue Could Be Apple iCar (VIDEO)

A few months ago, we posted an article on a rumored iCar coming into production as a collaborative project between Apple and VW. After seeing the VW Space Up! Blue concept car at the LA Auto Show this… [More]

NYC Taxis Get High Tech - Touchscreens and Credit Card Payment

Say goodbye to having to pay cab fares by cash only.  The NYC Taxi and Limousine Commission has launched a new initiative to install touch-screen monitors in all 13,000 cabs. The monitors being installed… [More]

Shopping Cart Concierge

The Shopping Cart Concierge is a touch screen computer that brings your ordinary shopping cart into the digital age.  It can assist with self-serve checkouts and provide shoppers with a wealth of information.… [More]

Universal Remotes v2.0 - David Chacon’s Tablet Concept (GALLERY)

We’ve seen a number of fully integrated universal remotes, such as the Logitech Harmony, but they tend to lack style. David Chacon has a design in mind for a universal remote that would exude design… [More]

Culinary Assistants - Interactive Digital Cooking Aid (GALLERY)

Hannah Plevin designed a very convenient device she calls an Interactive Digital Cooking Aid. This is a foldable, wall-mounted device with a fully adjustable, removable screen and a scale which comes with… [More]

Holographic Touch Screen Dishes - Cup PC (GALLERY)

This concept PC takes the idea of a cup of into a system of holographic touch screens and infrared communication. The cup contains a holographic projector and serves as the main interface of the Cup… [More]

Larger Touch-Screen Surfaces

Interactive Store Windows - Diesel Milan Display is Very Big Brother (VIDEO)

Frantic Milanese shoppers are being catapulted from their hypnotic states as they witness the reverberation of their reflections projected in front of them. The images are displayed across an interactive… [More]

Interactive History Lessons - The Library of Congress Experience (GALLERY)

Behold the modern library experience. The recently renewed Library of Congress includes a bunch of exciting new interactive technologies, courtesy of Microsoft. These exhibitions make the Library of… [More]

6th Minority Report Interface Attempt - CeBIT 2008 (VIDEO)

It’s not the first interface and won’t be the last of course, but this one allows for moving, resizing and flipping without having to use gloves or headgear.  According to Donald Melanson at engadget,… [More]

Touch-Screen Menus - Restaurants & Bars with Interactive Tabletops (VIDEO)

A wave of ubiquitous computing is sweeping the world, with incredible inventions like touch-screen tabletops hitting restaurants and bars, allowing for waiterless ordering with interactive menus, or sheer… [More]

Gesture Based Window Shopping - Orange’s No-Touch Interactive Shop Window (VIDEO)

Orange has launched an amazing new interactive window campaign featuring what at first appears to be a touch-screen interface, but is in fact a NO touch interactive shop window. Instead of requiring touch… [More]

Where Disco & Touch-Screens Meet - Eyecandy Sound Lounge and Bar (VIDEO)

If you’re heading to Las Vegas you have to check out the Eyecandy Sound Lounge and Bar. Where else can you find touch-screen tables in the world renowned entertainment capital? The chic bar is inside… [More]

Multimedia Coffee Tables - The Digitable (GALLERY)

The Digitable, by Peter Lea, integrates a CD/DVD player and disc storage carousel into a contemporary glass coffee table. The multimedia coffee table looks quite classy, glossy, and inviting. All you need… [More]

Coffee Table PC - Surface Interface Computer

Run all of your home media from a 40 inch touchscreen PC embedded in a coffee table. This would have to qualify as the ultimate remote control! It also has the great advantage of being too big to get lost… [More]

Interactive Hands-on Collaboration System - TouchTable 84 (GALLERY)

It seems that Microsoft has opened the flood gates with their Surface announcement. TouchTable Inc. is launching TouchTable TT84 as a hands-on corporate presentation and collaboration system that features… [More]

UPDATE: Perceptive Pixel Multi Touch Screens - Minority Report on Ecstacy? (VIDEO)

Last September, we revealed a video from Jeff Han that showed a video of his futuristic touchscreen revealed at TED.  His latest video one ups the last by showing the power of multiple touch screens.  Make… [More]

Microsoft

1st Microsoft Surface Game - Firefly (VIDEO)

Just about everyone who’s seen the Microsoft Surface is captivated by its possibility, and eager to see more of what it does. I know I can’t wait to see it live. This video shows a new game for the touch-screen… [More]

Surface Makeover - Microsoft Spherical Surface Prototype (VIDEO)

Microsoft’s Surface hasn’t even rolled out yet, but the company is already lining up a spherical makeover for the touch-sensitive tabletop. According to ZDNet, Microsoft showed a spherical Surface prototype… [More]

Intelligent Whiteboards - Microsoft TouchWall (VIDEO)

Bill Gates demonstrated a new multi-touch computer and interface, called the TouchWall, at the Microsoft CEO Summit in Redmond on May 14.  While Microsoft Surface’s steep price tag of $10,000 makes it… [More]