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Microsoft invests in multi-touch company January 14, 2009 [General] | By Edward J. R. First there was multi-touch Microsoft Surface table, then (recently!) the multi-touch has been included as standard feature of Windows 7 (desktop OS that replaces Vista) and now Microsoft is investing 24 million US dollars in a multi-touch company! Does it mean that multi-touch is coming to Windows Mobile too? Read on! More info from the company in which Microsoft invested - follows. * * * * * N-trig Secures $24 Million of New Funding to Fuel Hands-on computing™ Growth in Global PC Market Company to Utilize Funds to Further Develop Multi-Touch Technology Following Investment Procurement N-trig, providers of DuoSense technology, combining pen and capacitive touch in a single device, announced today that they have completed a fund-raising round of $24 million from investors, including Aurum Ventures, Challenger Ltd., Canaan Partners, Evergreen Venture Partners and Microsoft Corp. With this new round of funding, N-trig plans to continue working with leading OEMs to create multi-touch notebooks and convertible computers for the mainstream marketplace. The company’s multi-touch technology will enable OEMs and ISVs to build new interface standards for both enterprise and consumer markets. “With the introduction of multi-touch in Windows 7, integrated with N-trig’s DuoSense technology, our customers will have a new and natural way to interact with their PCs,” said Ian LeGrow, Group Program Manager for Windows Client at Microsoft Corp. “By simulating the way people write and touch naturally, N-trig is helping to make it easier to navigate your PC and enable a new class of Windows experiences.” N-trig’s touch technology is currently deployed in Dell’s Latitude XT, and was recently launched on HP’s TouchSmart tx2. The company also plans to announce more OEM design wins in the coming year, representing industry standardization of the N-trig hardware in the marketplace and further breaking down the barriers between the user and their computer. “We would like to extend our thanks to all our investors for their support,” said Amichai Ben-David, CEO of N-trig. “We will use this funding to keep fueling technology innovations in Hands-on computing, providing leading OEM brands with new product platforms and supporting ISVs to develop new applications. Additionally, we intend to expand our global supply chain by developing breakthrough mobile platforms in order to create and penetrate new markets.” N-trig’s DuoSense takes established technology to new levels, enabling a more intuitive and natural personal computing experience. Using zero-pressure capacitive touch, DuoSense technology offers cutting edge mobility and productivity, for software and hardware that is easily integrated, and provides the user with the ability to use our two most basic input devices – the pen and our fingers. To learn more, visit www.n-trig.com  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 4 Comments ]
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