Touch Pads – Display Daily

Links Week Starting 30th May 2022

by Bob Raikes

Every week we see some articles that don’t really need comment or are just plain interesting. Here are a few from the first part of this week. (I’m still catching up after Display Week!) …

MDM Vol 25 Issue 28 Product Roundup

by Bob Raikes

Ortus Technology has released a new member of its New-Blanview series which has a 7.0″ diagonal , 800 x 480 resolution, 400 or 800 cd/m² output and 900:1 contrast. Colour support is 50% of …

Tags:Automotive| Mobile Display Monitor| Rugged Displays| Touch Pads| Vol 25 - Issue 28

Samsung Display Supplies OLED Panel for Apple’s New MacBook Pro

by Bob Raikes

ETNews from Korea said that the touch panel in the Apple MacBook Pro, released last week (Apple Event Introduces New Mac Book Pro), is an OLED, as we expected, and is made by Samsung …

GelTouch Enabled Touchscreens May Eventually Provide “Buttons-on-Demand”

by Arthur Berman

There are many applications in which the availability of a touchscreen greatly enhances a user’s ability to interact with program content. None-the-less, the smooth surface of a touchscreen makes it less suited for use …

Tags:Touch Interfaces| Touch Pads| Vol 22 - Issue 40

Synaptics Touchscreen Solution Powers New Huawei Watch

by Bob Raikes

Capacitive Touch Takes Off In Growing Wearables Market Synaptics Inc., the leading developer of human interface solutions, today announced that Huawei has selected the Synaptics® ClearPad® touchscreen solution for its stylish smartwatch. Huawei chose …

Tags:Huawei| Smartwatches| Touch Pads

Huawei Chooses Synaptics for Smartwatch

by Tom Allen

Huawei has chosen to use the ClearPad touchscreen solution, from Synaptics, for the Huawei Watch. The ClearPad touch controller was chosen for its reliability, low power draw and responsive qualities.

Apple Points the Way for User Interface Advances

by Phillip Wright

Apple’s March 9, 2015 press event disclosed a fairly extensive range of new products and initiatives. As I reported in my prior Display Daily (Notebook Computer Displays Evolve), the new MacBook (available April 10) …

Force Touch Coming to iPhone, Claims WSJ

by Tom Allen

According to the Wall Street Journal, the ‘Force Touch’ technology on the new Apple Watch and Macbook will also make an appearance on the next iPhone. Force Touch can distinguish between the pressure of …