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Hitachi Demos a Stylus-Friendly Capacitive Touchscreen

Posted by timothy on from the fine-point-you-make-there dept.

dk3nn3dy writes "Hitachi Displays have developed a capacitive touchscreen which converts input from a non-conductive object into electrostatic capacitance. This enables it to be used in a diverse range of ways, such as multi-touch using several fingers, with a plastic pen for finer input, and in cold places while wearing gloves. The display is currently under development for release in the second half of 2011."

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  1. Um... by Aerorae · · Score: 2, Informative

    I'm skeptical this will make it to phones. Dunno if anyone noticed that they are PROJECTION-type capacitive displays. This maketh me think small devices no worky with this.

  2. Pogo is a waste of money by t2t10 · · Score: 2, Informative

    I've tried them, and those pen accessories for the iPad/iPhone absolutely suck. You get more precision using a sausage. Don't waste your money.

    Hopefully some manufacturer will come out with a decent screen that does both pen input and capacitive touch screen input. The current capacitive touch screen only devices are useless for drawing, sketching, or writing.