{"id":576492,"date":"2010-05-24T10:53:54","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T14:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/?p=22759"},"modified":"2010-05-24T10:53:54","modified_gmt":"2010-05-24T14:53:54","slug":"samsung-galaxy-s-to-also-feature-atmel-maxtouch-sensors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/576492","title":{"rendered":"Samsung Galaxy S to also feature Atmel maXTouch sensors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As we pointed out several months ago, not all touch screen sensors are <a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/03\/news\/is-multitouch-broken-on-the-nexus-one\/\">created equal<\/a>. Many first generation Android phones used the older Synaptics <a href=\"http:\/\/www.synaptics.com\/solutions\/products\/clearpad#benefits-2000\">ClearPad  2000<\/a> sensor, but now handset makers are beginning to transition to the newer Atmel maXTouch.<\/p>\n<p>The Atmel maXTouch sensors (mxt224) offer superior performance and low  power consumption. These new sensors recognize an unlimited number of  touches, offer faster response times, and have an excellent  signal-to-noise ratio.<\/p>\n<p>HTC was the first to <a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/news\/htc-incredible-and-evo-4g-to-feature-new-maxtouch-sensors\/\">implement the maXTouch sensors<\/a> in their Incredible and EVO phones, but other handset makers are now following suit. Our friends over at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.frandroid.com\/18526\/samsung-galaxy-s-un-vrai-ecran-multi-touch\/\">Frandroid<\/a> have confirmed that the <a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/tag\/samsung-galaxy-s\/\">Samsung Galaxy S<\/a> will also feature a touch sensor from Atmel. Check out the video after the jump to see their multitouch demonstration.<\/p>\n<p>No U.S. release dates have been announced for the Samsung Galaxy S, but it is expected to launch on <a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/news\/samsung-galaxy-s-to-all-4-major-u-s-carriers\/\">all four major carriers<\/a>. T-Mobile <a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/05\/news\/samsung-galaxy-s-spied-with-t-mobile-apps\/\">could be first<\/a>, but I would not be surprised if it appeared on another carrier earlier.<\/p>\n<p><object width=\"520\" height=\"317\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hVlsRCMltDg&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\"><\/param><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\"><\/param><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><\/param><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/hVlsRCMltDg&#038;hl=en_US&#038;fs=1&#038;\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" width=\"520\" height=\"317\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Complete highlights of the Atmel maXTouch solution include<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Unlimited touches<\/li>\n<li>Low power consumption<\/li>\n<li>Fast response \u2014 completely redraws screen  every 4\/1000 of a second  (4ms) to eliminate recalibration issues<\/li>\n<li>Excellent signal-to-noise ratio for superior  precision \u2014 3x better  than competitive products<\/li>\n<li>Superior performance for first-touch  response \u2014 3x better than  competitive products<\/li>\n<li>Unambiguous, unlimited touch support<\/li>\n<li>Responsive user interface: &gt; 250 Hz  report rate for a single  touch<\/li>\n<li>Extremely low current consumption: &lt; 1.8  mW in \u201ctouch-ready\u201d  state<\/li>\n<li>Two touch adjacency of less than 10 mm on a  4.3\u2033 touchscreen<\/li>\n<li>Small footprint with few external components<\/li>\n<li>Supports stylus, fingernails, and gloves<\/li>\n<li>Grip and face suppression functionality:  avoids false touches<\/li>\n<li>Size and angle of touch supported<\/li>\n<li>Screen sizes up to 10.2\u2033 are supported by a  single chip<\/li>\n<li>Proximity channel support<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2  class=\"related_post_title\">Related Posts<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"related_post\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/05\/news\/samsung-galaxy-s-spied-with-t-mobile-apps\/\" title=\"Samsung Galaxy S spied with T-Mobile apps\">Samsung Galaxy S spied with T-Mobile apps<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/03\/phones\/samsung-galaxy-s-hands-on-wrap-up\/\" title=\"Samsung Galaxy S: Hands on wrap up\">Samsung Galaxy S: Hands on wrap up<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/news\/samsung-galaxy-s-confirmed-to-have-s5pc110-processor-but-how-fast-is-it\/\" title=\"Samsung Galaxy S confirmed to have S5PC110 processor, but how fast is it?\">Samsung Galaxy S confirmed to have S5PC110 processor, but how fast is it?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/news\/htc-incredible-and-evo-4g-to-feature-new-maxtouch-sensors\/\" title=\"HTC Incredible and EVO 4G to feature new maXTouch sensors\">HTC Incredible and EVO 4G to feature new maXTouch sensors<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/androidandme.com\/2010\/04\/news\/samsung-galaxy-s-to-all-4-major-u-s-carriers\/\" title=\"Samsung Galaxy S to all 4 major U.S. carriers\">Samsung Galaxy S to all 4 major U.S. carriers<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As we pointed out several months ago, not all touch screen sensors are created equal. Many first generation Android phones used the older Synaptics ClearPad 2000 sensor, but now handset makers are beginning to transition to the newer Atmel maXTouch. The Atmel maXTouch sensors (mxt224) offer superior performance and low power consumption. These new sensors [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6390,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-576492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6390"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=576492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/576492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=576492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=576492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mereja.media\/index\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=576492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}