TouchPad

Logitech has introduced two new touch pads with smooth glass surfaces that replicate a touchscreen feel.  There are versions for both Mac and Windows computers.  Both versions have a large touch area and both are USB rechargeable.  The Rechargeable Trackpad for Mac (top) connects to your Mac computer via Bluetooth and allows you to control [...]

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I have been a mouse guy my whole life. I have had a contentious lifelong relationship with the touchpad on my laptops and have always gravitated to the mouse. I tried several trackball devices over the years thinking that perhaps I was missing something.  But the mouse always tugged at my heartstrings and pulled me [...]

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About a week ago when I wrote a review of the HP TouchPad I mentioned that while HP had positioned the tablet as a “professional” device it lacked the capability to edit Microsoft Office documents. Well, that appears to have been corrected as HP announced an update to Quickoffice that will allow for the editing [...]

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UPDATE: The HP App Catalog is reporting that the current inventory of free apps has been depleted. Hewlett-Packard is offering six free apps to owners of its recently discontinued HP TouchPad. If you were lucky enough to grab one of the heavily discounted tablets you can now download the following apps at no charge from [...]

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