Re: Use extrenal touchscreen to control Touch Pro - Is it possible?
 

I don't think it would be possible...you'd need some sort of interface to the PPC for a "mouse" or your finger inputs. All touch screens that I've worked with interface not only with RGB/DVI, but also PS/2 or USB to actually send the commands of what your touching or "clicking". HTC would have to build a cable that plugs into the USB port and has RGB and USB for the monitor.

Great idea though!

Re: Use extrenal touchscreen to control Touch Pro - Is it possible?
 

The only crappy part about the Redfly is it's so damn expensive! You can get a cheap lappy for less than that. It looks awesome though. I remember when Engadget reported on it a few months back.

Re: Use extrenal touchscreen to control Touch Pro - Is it possible?
 

I have seen cables that convert mini usb to standard usb and I have also seen rgb cables with a extra mini usb port on them so the cable part of it should be possible. The only thing I am wondering is does the touch pro support the use of a mouse because if it does I may have found a solution: http://www.mp3car.com/vbulletin/inpu...advantage.html This involves using a .dll file from windows CE. If my research is correct WM is based off of CE. Someone correct me if I'm wrong about any of this. I would try this myself but I don't have a touchscreen and it would be a waste of money for me if this didn't work as I don't have the money to get a separate pc for my car. Hopefully someone with a touchscreen will be brave enough to play around with this.

Re: Use extrenal touchscreen to control Touch Pro - Is it possible?
 

You are dead on, I would like to know if that HTC advantage cable could be used on the touch pro at all. I have a nice 7" touch screen in my car from my old carputer, but its just sitting empty right now. If that cable worked, any time I had my phone I could just plug in and have GPS/movies/music etc

Re: Use extrenal touchscreen to control Touch Pro - Is it possible?
 

The more I research this the more I am convinced this is somehow possible. People on other message boards have been able to get their phone to recognize a usb thumb drive via a modified usb cable and as I posted earlier someone made a touchscreen work with a HTC Advantage using windows CE touchscreen drivers. The following is some links to some info I have found so far:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=411905
Post at xda developers discussing usb host on the touch pro.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...89&mode=linear
Another post at xda discussing using a usb keyboard with a diamond

http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/Sy...er-35283.shtml
A link to software that claims to give you a mouse pointer on your USB host enabled PPC.

http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=490
An article about the possibility of usb host on the diamond.

There are a few more things I'll post later.

Re: Use extrenal touchscreen to control Touch Pro - Is it possible?
 

I don't see that being a problem since you can control a PPC through your PC with a few different programs that some people have mentioned earlier in the thread. So I would think it could take a mouse input or at a minimum understand what you're clicking on the screen to translate it to the PPC to execute the tap.

Re: Use extrenal touchscreen to control Touch Pro - Is it possible?
 

One thing that isn't being mention is those looking to make a carpc out of their TP using a touchscreen DVD or CD deck is that the deck must also be able to recognize and send signals to control the TP. I don't think this is possible. I have the video cable and a touchscreen in my car, but I haven't tried yet. Is there enough interest in this? I could try.

Re: Use extrenal touchscreen to control Touch Pro - Is it possible?
 

Redfly is only $200! I just bought two to try. It claims to have an 8 hour battery life, it is very compact also. Good in theory anyway.

Re: Use extrenal touchscreen to control Touch Pro - Is it possible?
 

Oh, they must have dropped the price. A few months back when it was released, it was $500.

Thanks for setting me straight! :)

Re: Use extrenal touchscreen to control Touch Pro - Is it possible?
 

I have a 7" VGA Touch screen,

There are two cables that come off of it, a USB for the touchscreen interface and a VGA cable for video.

So basically the touchscreen acts as a HID (human interface device) like a mouse, and the screen itself shows the video picture from the phone.