Windows 8 is a significant shift from previous versions of the software because it is based on touchscreens, rather than the traditional PC and mouse.
It's not clear whether the new Surface tablet is using any part of the older Surface technology — although both are based on touchscreens, so far at the event in LA, nothing has been mentioned about any connection.
The new Nano, though — we've had some speculation based on the tiny touchscreen leaked a while back, but I was skeptical of the usability of such a wee thing.
He has repeatedly said the company's best hope lies in rekindling Americans' love for the BlackBerry through phones based on the new touchscreen-based operating system that will come to market later this year.
NEEO's coolest feature might be that it is designed to anticipate your needs, using the hand recognition tech to provide you with favourites, playlists and other content on a 291 ppi 480×800 3.2-inch touchscreen based on identifying factors in your palm.
The Bionic is also confirmed to have a 4.3-inch qHD touchscreen based on details within its FCC filing and this lovely ad within Best Buy's Buyer's Guide.
Harrison calls this project 'rich touch', and while technologies such as Apple's 3D Touch are arguably already moving in this direction by incorporating pressure sensors into screens to distinguish between a light touch and a sustained push, the researchers are aiming to go further; to, for example, be able to recover an entire hand position based on just a fingertip touchscreen interaction.
But comparisons will be comparisons, and MOTO Development Group this morning announced the results of its DIY touchscreen analysis, based on some touchy testing of the capacitive screens of the Nexus One, the iPhone, the Motorola Droid and HTC's Droid Eris.
This isn't the first time the members of this team have used peculiar things to identify people: back in 2012, Holz used a Kinect to identify people standing around a Surface touchscreen table based on their shoes.
The player controls Neku by performing touchscreen actions based on the currently equipped pins.
