In a press release issued less than an hour ago, TrollTouch has announced the immediate availability of its User-Installable “SlipCOVER” touchscreen for the current Apple 20 and 24 inch aluminum iMacs. The company also touch-enables the Apple 20, 23 and 30 inch Cinema displays, MacBook laptops, all previous iMac generations, the eMac, and both the 12 and 14 inch iBook laptop models.
Their website states the following:
Although these “touch” enabled products may seem like an option to cure your desire to get fingerprints all over your display, they don’t seem worth the rather hefty price tags. The current 20″ iMac SlipCOVER System sells for $699 and $899 for the 24″ (that’s on top of your iMac’s initial cost). It may seem like companies and developers attempting to replicate Apple’s “multi-touch” technology within their own software/hardware are getting pretty close to the real thing, but they’re not.
No company is going to be able to replicate Apple’s revolutionary technology except for Apple, Inc. The simple matter is Apple’s attention to details at every step of the way. Responsiveness, usability, ease-of-use and the overall quest for that perfect “User Experience”; All of these factors coupled with genius marketing tactics are what play into Apple’s success with new technologies. Apple’s products don’t only create massive amounts of hype, they live up to all of it (people WANT Apple’s devices, and they love them months after they’ve owned them). Something that Apple’s competitors simply are not able to do or make happen. It’s nice to see fellow companies like Troll Touch try and replicate a sought after technology and experience, but their products seem to miss the mark.
