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Articles tagged with: Touchscreen
Europeans Increasingly Want Touchscreens on their Phones
.. more than 3,000 mobile phone users across France, Germany and the UK, 38% said a finger-based touchscreen would be the preferred main user interface on their next mobile phone, with a further 16% opting for a stylus-based touchscreen, suggesti more
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Synaptics shares jump on strong 1Q results
Touchscreen technology maker Synaptics said Thursday its first-quarter net income fell 23 percent as a one-time tax charge offset growth in demand for mobile phone screens. But the results beat expectations and shares jumped after-hours. more
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Avago Develops New Touchscreen Interface
Avago Technologies says that it has developed an innovative new touch screen interface that is capable of tracking up to four simultaneous touch points without the problem of ghost points that are found in some competing capacitive sensing technologies. more
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LG Shows Off Latest TouchScreen Phone
LG Electronics has shown off its latest touchscreen phone, the LG GD510, or more simply, "Pop", which is says is the most compact 3-inch full touchscreen phone ever made. LG's consumer research showed that a large group of consumers wanted the functionality of a full touchscreen phone without the extra bulk and unnecessary features that resulted in higher prices. According to the research, many users were also put off by the complexity of feature-laden phones but still desired the easier navigation and larger screens of full touchscreen phones. more
Samsung Announces Mobile Display Driver IC with Touch Screen Functionality
Samsung Electronics says that it has developed a single chip that integrates a capacitive touch screen control function in a mobile display driver IC (DDI), based on Samsung's Touch Embedded DDI technology. more
Toward making smartphone touch-screens more glare and smudge resistant
Scientists have discovered the secret to easing one of the great frustrations of the millions who use smart phones, portable media players and other devices with touch- screens: Reducing their tendency to smudge and cutting glare from sunlight. more
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Competitors Scramble for Hot Features as PMP/MP3 Player Market Loses Steam
..s, with shipment growth of only 5% in 2009, competitors are scrambling to add features such as touchscreens and Wi-Fi connectivity to re-ignite demand, reports In-Stat. Just a few years ago, the PMP/MP3 player market was among the strongest gro more
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Synaptics fiscal 4Q profit jumps but outlook weak
Synaptics, which makes touchscreen technology for computers and smartphones, on Thursday reported stronger fiscal fourth-quarter earnings helped by a one-time gain and higher sales, but shares tumbled in aftermarket trading as the company forecast first-quarter sales below Wall Street expectations. more
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Corning 2Q profit skids, but beats forecast
Corning said Monday its second-quarter earnings skidded to $611 million from results inflated by a big one-time gain a year ago, but the specialty glass maker still beat Wall Street expectations on resurgent demand for its flat-screen television monitors. more
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Corning to Supply Scratch-Resistant Glass for Samsung Touchscreen Phones
Speciality glass manufacturer, Corning says that it has won a contract to supply its "Gorilla" glass as the protective cover glass for Samsung UltraTOUCH mobile phones. Corning's Gorilla glass is designed so that after undergoing a chemical strengthening process, it provides device manufacturers with a highly durable, scratch-resistant cover glass for touch screens and flat portable displays. more
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