Acer this morning announced the availability of its new TravelMate B115 laptop for customers in the U.S. and Canada. It sports an 11.6-inch HD (1366x768) display with support for 10-point multi-touch, once considered a premium feature in laptop land but now available for a comparative pittance -- Acer's asking $380 USD and $439 CAD for the TravelMate B115.
Lol @ 10-point multi-touch. Who the heck is going to use the whole 10 fingers to smear the screen?
Heh, I could imagine they will make screens 12-point multi-touch in the future. 10 fingers, 1 nose and 1 $@!(. Lol.
Marketing.
Same reason why gaming keyboards claim anything above 10-key rollover. What, are you going to smash your hand on the bulk of the keys?
Or that displays claim 10,000,000:1 contrast ratio (this is like your room lit at night to being out in a sunny day)
Or mice that have 12,000 DPI.
The ones that crack me up are the monitor/tv MFGs that claim Infinite Contrast Ratios.
And its getting to be the same way with pixel densities, especially on mobile, some units are over 400 ppi now?