Patently Apple has just published a new patent filing by Apple based on a hybrid device named as "Apple iMac Touch". It's an iMac with multitouch capabilities and it can transition from MAC OS X to iOS.

Hard work is still going on to port Android OS on iPhone, after successfully porting Android OS to iPhone 2G and iPhone 3G, the efforts are in progress to port Android OS on iPod Touch 1G. For those who don't know, Android is Google's popular mobile operating system, currently Nexus One and many handsets of HTC and Motorola are powered by Android, Android's market and usability will certainly increase with its porting to iDevices.

Sad news for Microsoft fans! Microsoft has cancelled its Courier Tablet project and its confirmed by Frank Shaw, Microsoft Corporate VP of Communications. For those who don't know: Gizmodo first uncovered Microsoft's 7-inch Courier dual multitouch tablet which could be operated by using fingers as well as stylus. Courier was more like a booklet than a tablet as its both screens could flip together and close like a notebook. Overall it was an amazing invention...

Google has recently released a software update for Nexus One, update included essential 'Multitouch' functionality for Nexus One, along with other speed/performance enhancements updates. Few bugs reported in earlier release are also taken care of in latest update. Initially Google released OTA (over-the-air) upgrade for all users, which means that users can update the software online and you don't need to connect your device to computer, all you need is an internet connection on your...

Multitouch capability/functionality in touch phones is really a question these days, due to some patents, multitouch functionality is not allowed in US on all phones, like Motorola Droid US version on Verizon didn't come with multitouch. Same goes for Google's Nexus One, it didn't come with a multitouch capable web browser etc even though the hardware(HTC) and Android 2.1 OS is fully capable of multitouch functionality. This is a major disadvantage as iPhone has multitouch...

Like Motorola Droid on Verizon, the US version of Nexus One lacks the multitouch capability. Even though the hardware of Nexus One and Android 2.1 OS fully support Nexus One, yet Google didn't shipped Nexus One with multitouch capabilities in web-browser despite of the fact that Apple's iPhone support both multitouch and apps since 2007. According to Engadget, a phone passed on to the German site Heise has all the multitouch goodness like pinch-to-zoom enabled...

As you know that Motorola Droid on Verizon US don't support multitouch functionality in most of the applications, although the hardware is fully capable of supporting multitouch. The reason behind this would most probably be some iPhone patents in US, as soon to be launched Google Nexus One also has no multitouch on T-Mobile US.

As the launch date of Google Nexus One is approaching, more details are emerging about it. Tnkgrl Mobile claims that she had a chance to has hands on with Nexus One/Google Phone, she shares quite a few details/specs about the device and its operation, most noticeable one is that Nexus One don't support multitouch, not atleast in the two apps she tried (Browser and Google Maps).