Amazon is said to buy Touchco, a multitouch tech startup →

According to the report, Amazon plans to incorporate multi-touch technology to make the Kindle stand up against the iPad:

Touchco uses a technology called interpolating force-sensitive resistance, which it puts into displays that can be completely transparent and could cost as little as $10 a square foot. The capacitive touch screens used in the iPad and iPhone are considerably more expensive. Unlike those screens, the Touchco screens can also detect an unlimited number of simultaneous touch points.

Unlimited number of touches! So when a 26 finger sporting E.T. lands on planet earth, you know which device he’ll pick. Seriously though, I hope all Amazon is planning to do is improve upon their e-paper technology, because the moment they put in a regular LCD on that it completely loses whatever advantage it has over the iPad. [via Edible Apple]