One of the most interesting aspects of the electronics industry is how different companies interact with each other.  For example, the interactions between Apple and Microsoft over Multitouch technology have been extremely interesting and drawn millions of words of commentary from all around the globe.

After Apple’s decisive trouncing of Microsoft in the first round of the Multitouch battle, Microsoft went away to lick its wounds for awhile, coming back eventually with the Windows 7 Multitouch introduction.  While Windows 7 appears so far that it might be able to pick up some of the massive amounts of slack created by Windows Vista, Microsoft seems to find themselves in competition with another company now.

This time, that company is Dell.

Dell has tablet PCs in their Latitude XT line that are capable of supporting Multitouch technology, something that would be required of hardware that would be able to accommodate the full list of features from Windows 7.  However, Dell has recently announced that they are going ahead and releasing a software update that will make Multitouch available on those same tablets now, effectively pre-empting Microsoft’s bid to do the exact same thing in their still years away final release of Windows 7.

With this latest announcement, it appears as though Dell is throwing their hat into the Multitouch ring and announcing that they intend to tangle with anyone else that is putting themselves into Multitouch technology.  With developments this interesting, keeping your eyes peeled on the Multitouch industry should bring even more developments in the near future.