Touch Screen Technology Arrives

Web Master

Jan 08 |15:07
Last Updated on Thu, 13 May 2010 05:31

We're seeing a significant trend toward GUI-based touch screen devices. The Apple iPhone has been instrumental in educating users on the power of a touch interface. The vast majority of Americans ages 18-34 expressed extremely positive attitudes towards touch screens and expect a substantial increase in their deployment over the next few years, according to the new Elo TouchSystems In Touch Survey, released today by Elo TouchSystems and conducted by market research firm Penn, Schoen and Berland.

There are a number of ways to allow users to interact with new touch screen technology. Touch screen has advanced to new multi-touch design, where multiple touch points enable new ways to manipulate objects.

In the Elo TouchSystems In Touch Survey, the vast majority of Americans ages 18-34 expressed extremely positive attitudes towards touch screens and expect a substantial increase in their deployment over the next few years. Notably, nearly nine in 10 respondents (89 percent), expect touch screens to become the standard way of performing tasks such as checking-in at airports, buying train tickets and self check-out at the supermarket in the near future. As younger Americans' opinions often help predict future trends, the survey results illustrate how their lifestyles are becoming increasingly reliant upon touch screen technology.

The trends are quite interesting:

  • Eighty-two percent of respondents have used touch screens at the self check-out of a supermarket or retail store, and seven in 10 respondents have used them at an ATM.
  • A large majority of respondents (85 percent) feel comfortable using touch screens in public.
  • Only 19 percent of respondents say they "rarely" or "never" use touch screens.

Results also revealed that the growing popularity of touch screens comes from their fundamental utility, convenience and time-saving capabilities:

  • An overwhelming majority, 97 percent of respondents, say touch screen technology is convenient, and 96 percent say touch screens make their lives easier.
  • Nine in 10 of those surveyed say touch screens save time.

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