Lenovo today announced that it will be adding multi-touch capabilities to its ThinkPad X200 Tablet PC and ThinkPad T400s laptop. The feature was announced in anticipation of Windows 7's much celebrated multi-touch capabilities.

"We see now as the right time for multitouch screens on PCs," Sam Dusi, a marketing VP for the company said in a statement issued today. "With touchscreens increasingly becoming part of more devices we use routinely and continued improvement of the technology including the integration of touch in the upcoming Windows 7 operating system, the environment for making touch part of our Tablet PC and ThinkPad T400s laptop experience couldn't be better. We've also extended the touch experience with SimpleTap to make frequent hardware-based functions touch-enabled and simple."

The T400s and X200 with multi-touch will run $1,999 and $1,654, respectively. Lenovo will offer SimpleTap for download on October 22, also the release date for Windows 7.