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		<title>Synaptics Gestures: Usefulness of &#8220;Multi-Touch&#8221; brought to the Laptops!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A Japanese company, Synaptics inc., brings the usefulness of  multi-touch to the Laptop touch-pads. The company announced two new advanced gestures  &#8211; Two-Finger Flick and ChiralRotate. These two gestures join the existing ones,  ChiralMotion, Pinch and Momentum.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><img height="200" width="200" border="0" align="right" alt="Synaptics Gestures" src="http://tnerd.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/gestures.jpg" />A Japanese company, <a href="http://synaptics.com/" target="_blank">Synaptics inc</a>., brings the usefulness of  multi-touch to the Laptop touch-pads. The company announced two new advanced gestures  &#8211; <strong>Two-Finger Flick</strong> and <strong>ChiralRotate</strong>. These two gestures join the existing ones,  ChiralMotion, Pinch and Momentum.</p>
<p>  <strong>ChiralRotate</strong> lets users rotate images or graphics in  applications by moving a finger in a circular motion. </p>
<p>  <strong>Two-Finger Flick</strong> adds a lot of functionality like navigating  back-and-forth through images, documents and objects. Also, flicking vertically  will minimize or maximize an application. </p>
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<p><strong>Pinch</strong> lets users zoom in or zoom out of image or any applications by pinching in or out. </p>
<p><strong>Momentum </strong>turns touchpad functionality into a track-ball it lets users flick finger on the touch-pad and the arrow runs inline with the fingers direction.</p>
<p><strong>ChiralMotion</strong>, moving one finger on the right side or two fingers anywhere in a circular motion scrolls up or down on the documents or applications.</p>
<p>  &ldquo;The addition of ChiralRotate and Two-Finger Flick are the  most recent examples of Synaptics&rsquo; ongoing commitment to driving innovation and  improved usability to all types of PC applications,&rdquo; said Mark Vena, vice  president of Synaptics&rsquo; PC Business Unit. &ldquo;Consumer and business users alike  are always looking for ways to do things faster and more intuitively on their  notebook systems and PC peripherals, and these new Synaptics gestures are aimed  at delivering just that.&rdquo;</p>
<p>  Companies like DELL, Logitech, Samsung, etc.. have used  Synaptics technology in their products to offer enhanced features to the users. </p>
<p><strong>  Watch the video to see the gestures in action. </strong></p>
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