Multiple parallel development from Apple, Microsoft and from the opensource world is happening towards multi-touch. Apple has more plans to enhance their existing portfolio of multi-touch devices and Microsoft is targeting it in three levels, i.e, WM 7 (a.k.a Windows Mobile 7), Windows 7 and Microsoft Surface. All of them are under research and we have to wait for two to three years to see them in action. On the other hand, open source projects such as Open Table is trying to build a similar Surface Computing environment with much cheaper price. So, the final verdict is: we are going to see a lot of Surface Computing and multi-touch in near future.

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