We love capacitive screens because they enable all that responsive multi-touch goodness we demand, but struggle compared to resistive screens in the accuracy needed for, say, stylus character entry on phones. RIM’s solution: layer ‘em up, and file a patent.
If RIM’s application is granted, it would allow a next-generation BlackBerry, likely a high-end model like a Storm 3, to truly offer the best of both worlds when it comes to user input. [USPTO via Unwired View]
Kieran Cummings
August 6, 2009 at 8:01 AM
I don’t know how you can patent something that already exists.
The HP TX2600 & the new TX2 both have capacitive-resistive screens.
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August 6, 2009 at 8:29 AM
About freaking time.
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