http://www.pro-pakistan.com/2009/01/06/sidesight-touch-screensbut-in-the-air/ We discuss all about Pakistan Fri, 19 Mar 2010 04:17:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 http://www.pro-pakistan.com/2009/01/06/sidesight-touch-screensbut-in-the-air/comment-page-1/#comment-37838 All_Smile Wed, 07 Jan 2009 03:08:57 +0000 http://www.pro-pakistan.com/?p=1203#comment-37838 This is a technology that will surely rule soon, I first saw this demo by a company that pioneered this technology and are based in "New Zealand". The latest HP Touch PC already features this technology but sadly this was masked on launch since iPhone was released on the same day!!!! When I visited this company in New Zealand a few years ago (trying to promote my products for this market) they had informed me they manufacture touch screens and I didnt expect much. They had a touch screen visitor entry log which every visitor had to fill and also get a feel of their product and it was at this point you would go "WOW" The more stunning application of this technology more than a phone or a PC is a huge projector which could also be a touch screen and I can picture this technology is every board room and conference rooms. I seriously doubt this technology can be commercially successful in handheld devices like phones. The reason are compelling when you actually understand the inside technology of touch screen. For people not aware of touch screen tech they are broadly classified into four types Resistive (old touch screen phones), Capacitive (iPhone), Inductive (outdoor touch screen) and optical (the one above). Optical sensors are more cost effective only when the screen size is greater than 10 inches and until then the other technologies make better commercial sense (until the cost of optics drop substantially). My 2c on this product. This is a technology that will surely rule soon, I first saw this demo by a company that pioneered this technology and are based in “New Zealand”. The latest HP Touch PC already features this technology but sadly this was masked on launch since iPhone was released on the same day!!!!
When I visited this company in New Zealand a few years ago (trying to promote my products for this market) they had informed me they manufacture touch screens and I didnt expect much. They had a touch screen visitor entry log which every visitor had to fill and also get a feel of their product and it was at this point you would go “WOW”
The more stunning application of this technology more than a phone or a PC is a huge projector which could also be a touch screen and I can picture this technology is every board room and conference rooms.
I seriously doubt this technology can be commercially successful in handheld devices like phones. The reason are compelling when you actually understand the inside technology of touch screen. For people not aware of touch screen tech they are broadly classified into four types Resistive (old touch screen phones), Capacitive (iPhone), Inductive (outdoor touch screen) and optical (the one above). Optical sensors are more cost effective only when the screen size is greater than 10 inches and until then the other technologies make better commercial sense (until the cost of optics drop substantially). My 2c on this product.

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