Computex 2009：歐締展出具備多重觸控機能的鍵盤

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具備多重觸控機能的觸控板產品，並不是沒有，甚至都有在賣了。但把它做到鍵盤上，倒是相當不錯的想法。很有趣的是，這個廠商將數字鍵區與觸控板做結合。讓你可以有觸控板的功能，又可以專門輸入數字，最重要的，體積也不會變得更大。當我第一看看到這個產品時，只要有好的規劃，我想應該是很適合於HTPC用的鍵盤。

嗯，對了，反過來說，筆電廠商有沒有考慮將這樣的機能，放進觸控板中？我指的並不是多重觸控，而是指觸控板與九宮數字並存的可能性。

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<Computex 2009: Multi-Touch Keyboard from Ortek>
Multi-Touch touchpad is not something new, however multi-touch touchpad and keyboard in one is something new. This manufacturer has combined the two together without making the keyboard bigger or sacrifices the numeric pad, as what often happened in the integration cases of this kind. With proper marketing, and design, keyboard of this kind may be quite suitable for HTPC.

On the other hand, has any notebook manufacturer thought of putting this kind of idea into touchpad? One certainly is not talking about the multi-touch part, but the idea of using touchpad as numeric keypad.

也有不同形式造型的鍵盤
In different colour.

多重觸控可以做的事情示意圖，可以做的指令非常多。
The diagram which illustrates the commands that can by issued by multi-touch function.

我自己也有實際玩過，其實還滿好玩的。另外，觸控機能與數字輸入機能並不是並存的，是需要按切換鈕來切換的。
A quick test, quite interesting actually. And for the record, the multi-touch function can not be used at the same time as the numeric keypad; a switch button is used to switch the two functions.