Ran across this ecoupon for Lenovo ThinkPad X Series Tablet PCs. 22% discount is a nice savings when you're in the market for a new PC!

Registration for the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference opens tomorrow.

Interactive videos? CyberTouch announces it is now bundling its touch screen displays with professional DVD player:

This week iSupply released an update on touch screen technology trends.

 The use of touch screens is growing in a variety of applications, driven by several trends. From the user perspective, touch screens enable interfaces that are easy to use and intuitive; unlike keyboard/keypad input devices, touch screens enable customization of the interface for every task. Touch screen technologies are leading to innovative applications, such as enhanced usability of compact mobile devices. Among the more than 100 manufacturers of touch screen components, two-thirds of...  View Abstract [ pdf ]

Mark Hurd from HP Labs describes a development project for improving interaction via gestures. Is it for digital cameras only? 

H-P Lab researchers in India are working on "gesture-based computing" technology that could elevate touch screens.

With the technology, users of touch-screen computers and handheld devices can designate custom symbols for passwords or spell out entire sentences on a little touch pad instead of using a keyboard. Digital camera users can write a caption or a note on a picture they just took using only their finger on the view screen of their camera

Set aside the stereotype that pink is for girls, take a look at this kids' MP3 player from INNO B2 from Korea.

What do you think about this type of touch interaction with devices?

Is Microsoft Office Ultimate 2007 for $59.95 "The Ultimate Steal?" The special promotion is still on and runs through April 30, 2008. See http://www.theultimatesteal.com/ for details.

If healthcare, education, or software to make the world green is your company's passion, then check out Microsoft's ISV Contest: The Ingenuity Point.

Loren posted some of the photos from the Tablet PC & UMPC Community Gathering at CES 2008.

Toshiba had several of its concept / prototype eMo, an ultra-mobile internet device / PC, on the show floor at CES 2008. Take a look at these photos and tell us what you think it should be called and what category it falls into. Is it a UMPC, UMD, MID, or something yet to come?

Whatever category you think it is, it certainly demonstrates powerful mobility for tomorrow.

Now that you've read the product announcements from 2008 Consumer Electronics Show (CES), do you feel like there is a gap between those products and what you see in your local retail stores? Not surprisingly, your response is probably a bit mixed -- here's why.

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