Windows 7 Touch applications on 3M screen

The dev team at nsquared has been busy working on the nsquared education pack for Windows 7 touch. The screen we have been using to test is the 3M multi-touch screen.
In this video we demonstrate some of the applications running on the 3M screen.

Talk about Digital Ink and Tablet PC

In this weeks show Dr. Neil and Hugo Ortega from Tegatech talk about digital ink and Tablet PC's vs touch screens. Find out what they think.

Ultra Mobile PC or smartphone?

Dr. Neil and Hugo Ortega sit down in the nsquared studio to answer the big question; why do I need a UMPC when I have smartphone?
Not surprisingly Tegatech's director Hugo is batting for the UMPC and has some interesting things to say that may mean the end of the smartphone is the future.

Windows 7 with touch and Tablet PC

It seems that Tegatech's Hugo couldn't wait to get back to the nsquared studio in Sydney and start talking to Dr. Neil about Windows 7 and what it means for mobile touch and Tablet PC.

New series on mobile and touch technologies

In a new series of videos, Dr. Neil is pleased to welcome Hugo Ortega, director of Tegatech, into the nsquared offices to kick off a new series of videos on touch and mobile technologies.

Why be Humble?

I've seen one NYT article call the Windows 7 RTM a "Release to Modesty". There is so little enthusiasm from Microsoft. The usually animated Steve Ballmer actually downplayed the whole thing on Tuesday, stating, "Hopefully, Windows 7 will be part of a catalyst. Maybe it will. Maybe it won't." Though he was speaking of the potential effect of Windows 7 on the PC market, we think he should have been a tad bit more excited.

Vista has had lots of bad press. Vista is actually a great operating system but the software built on Windows nowadays does nothing to highlight the great features of Vista and so the blame is laid on Vista. Now Microsoft really needs to get behind developers building great software for the Windows 7 APIs. If Microsoft continues to encourage developers to keep building applications using the lowest common denominator abstraction, called .NET, then we will likely continue to see the problems that Vista has with Windows 7.

We think Windows 7 has great potential. More stable than Vista, more polished, more evolved. And it was successfully finished on time! Windows 7 has received a consistent amount of positive feedback, and the pre-orders demolished the Vista pre-orders. So where's the Microsoft generated hype? Where's the glossy marketing? Such a shame that they aren't more confident, because confidence sells.

nsquared isn't afraid to toot our own horn! We have been working hard on multiple projects using the Windows 7 touch capabilities on our touch screens. While we can't reveal the details quite yet, stay tuned! If you have project ideas you would like to see implemented using the new Windows 7 features, contact us!