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How-to: Turn Your iBook Into a Tablet

iTabletApple hasn’t taken the dive into pen-based computing, but that hasn’t stopeed MacModder Joseph Deruvo Jr. from developing his own personal iTablet. The mod pieces together parts from two iBooks, a troll-touch touch screen, dual hard drives, integrated bluetooth, additional firewire ports and even an integrated compact flash reader. Read all about it on MacMod.com

The first problem was how to make it touch sensitive. I obviously had thought of going with Wacom but, using their technology would require a different screen configuration which would make it more difficult. Thank God I had found out about Troll Touch, they were a pleasure to work with. Troll Touch are makers of touch screens for Kiosks.

By Jason O'Grady

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