RIM patent for hybrid resistive/capacitive touchscreen
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Ask a company and they would give rational reasons so as to why one should go with capacitive or resistive touchscreens. But giving this one of a kind to a consumer defeats the advantages other type of screen has to offer. This is why, Research in Motion has come up with a novel solution.
The latest patent filing from RIM reveals they are looking to come up with a hybrid resistive/capacitive touchscreen display that will give the responsiveness and multi-touch support of capacitive while accuracy and able to type with styluses with resistive. The patent was filed in early 2008 and we wouldn’t be surprised if RIM brings this tech along with the Storm 2.
[Via Unwiredview]
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Aug 14th, 2009 at 5:26 pm
[...] can either give the high sensitivity of capacitive or accuracy of resistive screen. RIM has already applied for a patent to give the best of both worlds and it looks like HTC is following the suit but in a [...]