But despite these examples, the simple fact is, a multi-touch trackpad would suit the majority of users just fine.
Device makers like Dell are clamoring to break in to the touchscreen tablet market, where Apple has made a splash with the success of its multi-touch iPad.
I've been pushing multi-touch gestural for over 20 years myself, beginning while I was still at Apple, incredulous that everyone has been ignoring it.
The app can recognize up to 10 simultaneous multi-touch inputs, we're told.
It's a mouse in concept, sure, but a hybrid - a mouse that is also a giant, multi-touch trackpad.
The software needs to know what the user wants the phone to do, so hardware technologies like multi-touch displays, and accelerometer and proximity sensors are invented to enable this.
Apple's revolutionary multi-touch interface doesn't use a mouse, and there is no concept of a rollover.
The multi-touch interface was perhaps the biggest innovation in the iPhone and it came from a team developing a prototype tablet.
Type the text you want to create (max 100 characters) then scale, rotate and zoom using standard multi-touch gestures.
Modern device support including multi-touch will also be available.
MSI's turn at Computex saw it join the tablet fray with two distinct models. The Wind Pad 100 and 110 both have 10-inch multi-touch displays but very different processors and operating systems.
Instead, it uses the same multi-touch interface that the iPhone uses. You navigate through music, videos and other files using your fingers and the touch-sensitive screen.
It's tiring enough to hear the 358-page of the multi-touch patent, I can't imagine how boring it is to discuss one page after another.
Unlike the old model, the new MacBook Air features flash-only storage, a large, multi-touch trackpad, extended battery life and a high resolution display.
