The site isn't live yet unfortunately...

But this is pretty much what you need: https://github.com/benbarnett/jQuery-Animate-Enhanced

This will switch any of your "traditional" jquery animations with webkit animations when that capability is available, (i.e. when browsing on most tablets and smartphones). It will eliminate the chopiness you see on mobile with jQuery (by using hardware acceleration) and give you a perfectly smooth animation.

To capture swipe events on my carousel, I used: http://labs.skinkers.com/touchSwipe/

That's a rock-solid little library.

Again, sorry I can't show you a demo at the moment.