iPhone effect set to stimulate growth in touch-panel market
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An article on emsnow starts off by detailing a report by Topology Research, on how global shipments of touch-panels are expected to reach 55 million units this year, and jump to about 95 million units in 2010 thanks to the demonstration of the Apple iPhone. Some interesting details into the technology side notes that:
A TRi researcher pointed out that currently there are five mainstream techniques used in touch-panel industry, including resistor, capacitor, ultrasonic, infrared, and electro-magnetic, with resistor type as the market mainstay (with a market share of about 60%) due to lower technical threshold and cost. The iPhone would adopt capacitor-type touch panels, and demand for which is expected to grow at a high speed.
Statistics compiled by TRi showed that the capacitor-type touch-panel is the most popular in Smartphone and personal digital assistant (PDA) application markets (accounting for a share of about 37%), followed by game machine (29%), and cellphone (16%). The institute said that the share of cellphone market is expected to gradually upgrade and reach 47% in 2010, while that in cellphone about 25%.