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BlueJazz

(25,348 posts) Tue Sep 24, 2013, 03:43 PM Sep 2013

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Fujifilm Touch Screen Poised to Aid Microsoft Vs. Apple [View all]

Found this by accident. Pretty interesting.
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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-03-10/fujifilm-touch-screen-poised-to-aid-microsoft-vs-apple.html
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Fujifilm is using its experience with silver to create bigger and more affordable touch-screen displays. Laptops and desktops sporting large touch-responsive panels are costly to produce because the sensors are made of a rare and brittle material called indium tin oxide, or ITO.

Putting touch in 23-inch to 27-inch displays used in all- in-one desktop designs adds as much as $180 to the cost,

More..at link.

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Fujifilm Touch Screen Poised to Aid Microsoft Vs. Apple [View all] BlueJazz Sep 2013 OP

In general why would you want to use a 27" touch screen instead of a mouse? n/t PoliticAverse Sep 2013 #1

I was thinking I could act like Tom Cruise in Minority Report ... BlueJazz Sep 2013 #2

Looks impress when the TV talking heads try to use them. RC Sep 2013 #3

Oh..I forgot. With a touchscreen, You don't need one of those expensive mouse-things BlueJazz Sep 2013 #4

kiosks? frylock Oct 2013 #7

Yes kiosks are a prime use for large touch screens. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #8

That leads to Gorilla Arm. backscatter712 Oct 2013 #9

Never heard that term before, thanks for the link. n/t PoliticAverse Oct 2013 #10

My 10 inch tablet is bad enough with fingerprints hobbit709 Sep 2013 #5

I was going to actually buy one, because some of my customers have them. BlueJazz Oct 2013 #6

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