14 DAY TRIAL // Research and Markets has added a new report to their portfolio called "Global Multi-Touch Market (2011 - 2016)". It looks at how the touch-centric technology has affected and will affect the industry in the coming years, with Apple playing a major role.
The market intelligence firm acknowledges that the inception of Multi-Touch occurred in the ‘80s, yet it only “came into light after Apple re-introduced the technology through its products to the world.”
“The technology is associated with capacitive touch screen displays rather than with more common resistive touch screen displays,” Research and Markets explains. “Natural user interface is the common parlance used by designers and developers of computer interfaces to refer to a user interface that is effectively invisible, or becomes invisible with successive learned interactions to its users.”
In that respect, their new report covers the various technical advantages and insights provided by touch-screen devices that are multi-touch-enabled.
Pertaining to global multi-touch market, the paper is broken down into various sectors, including product, technology, and applications.
It provides multi-touch technology market forecasts for key regions in the 2011 - 2016 timeframe and mentions such companies as Cypress Semiconductor, Hewlett-Packard, Microsoft, Samsung, Panasonic, Wintek and, of course, Apple.
“Multi-touch is an additional upcoming accessibility option combined with products. It can be seen as a replacement for the traditional keypad/keyboard and mouse,” says Research and Markets. “Multi-touch technology is in a great demand with multi-touch enabled products such as smartphones & tablets, and they have a big share in the market. Consumer electronic products are the ones that contribute maximum to the multi-touch screen market.”
“Different technologies are specifically used for different applications based on the features and performance of multi-touch technologies. The market is now on the rise due to increase in the use of multi-touch in smartphones, tablets, laptops, televisions, floors, and tables,” Research and Markets concludes.