Fujfilm will help make computers touch cheaper

The Japanese camera company takes advantage of its experience with silver to research the production of a much cheaper type of touch panels than currently available.

Touch is gradually becoming the inevitable trend of the computer industry.

Fujifilm, a company known for its role in camera and film production, can help Microsoft fight against Apple in the personal computer segment.Bloomberg said the company is using its experience with silver to create a breakthrough with large touch screen models but still affordable.

Currently some laptops and desktops have the most expensive component components, which are the background of sensors made of a rare and brittle material called indium tin oxide or ITO. Fujifilm and other companies including Atmel and Uni-Pixel have sought a less expensive approach based on different metals to make the industry less dependent on ITO and overcome one of the major obstacles. Best to add touch features to your computer screen.

Only 13% of laptops in the year have touch screens, which is a testament to the challenges that Microsoft or major PC makers such as HP or Dell face when they push the market through the era touch. Earlier, Apple did very well and was supposed to be reborn and opened for a long time with the dominance of touch devices like the iPhone, iPod or iPad.

One of the reasons why Windows 8 has not been successful is because there are still too few devices that support touch.

According to calculations, adding touch features to the AIO computer screen size 23 or 27 inches will cost an additional $ 180 cost. For smaller computers or tablets, this number is about 45 USD. The price barrier will make many users accept to remove useful features on the product.

Windows 8 is the first operating system version for Microsoft computers to promote the ability to swipe and launch in October last year. The economic recession, high cost of compatible devices, caused PC sales to fall 1.3% this year after falling 3.7% last year, according to IDC.