Touch screens are ubiquitous today. But a common complaint is that the smooth surface just doesn’t feel as good to use as a physical keypad. While some touch-screen devices use mechanical vibrations ...

Patrick O'Rourke is XDA's News Editor and Entertainment Segment Lead. Previously, he was Pocket-lint's Editor-in-Chief, the Editor-in-Chief of Canadian tech publication MobileSyrup, and earlier in his ...

Nokia has developed a prototype of its N900 smartphone that lets you feel the texture of icons on the screen – a technology that would add a whole new dimension to touchscreen apps. This week, Nokia ...

Ian Sherr (he/him/his) grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area, so he's always had a connection to the tech world. As an editor at large at CNET, he wrote about Apple, Microsoft, VR, video games and ...

A patent filed earlier this week by Microsoft would allow for actual bumps, lumps, and textures to be applied to touch screens. The patent calls for the texture-enabled touchscreen to be coated with a ...

Apple’s Nano-texture display, available on select MacBook Pro models, represents a specialized approach to addressing glare and usability challenges in bright environments. Designed with professionals ...