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December 14, 2010
TMCnet Contributor
Sharp Corporation has chosen Atmel's maXTouch mXT224 touch controller to power the SH8128U smartphone, which is currently available in the China market.
Sharp SH8128U smartphone users can leverage Atmel's (News - Alert) maXTouch solution to reject unintended touches, experience more precise touch performance, and enjoy better battery life.
Atmel notes that the new Sharp smartphone is available through China Telecom (News - Alert) and runs on Tapas OS, an operating system based on Android that is optimized for the Chinese Network.
This smartphone also includes Bluetooth, WLAN, microSD card slot and a 5-megapixel autofocus camera with flash.
The Atmel maXTouch devices have the ability to support an unlimited number of touches and offer smartphones, tablets, Netbooks, mobile Internet devices and other application users advanced touch functionality.
This includes built-in gestures and the ability to ignore unintentional touches to make the user interface more intuitive, satisfying and reliable.
"We selected the Atmel maXTouch controller for its touch accuracy and low-power consumption to enable longer battery life," said Shigenobu Yanagiuchi, group deputy general manager of Communication Systems Group for Sharp Corporation (News - Alert), in a press release. "These features, including the unlimited touches and ability to reject unintended touches, offer our Sharp SH8128U smartphone users an overall better experience. In addition, Atmel maXTouch is one of the few touch solutions in the market with extreme touch precision. We believe these touch features, along with our packaged options, enable us to bring a very competitive smartphone to the China market."
"We are excited the Atmel maXTouch controller has helped quickly bring the first Tapas OS-based smartphone to market," said Jon Kiachian, senior director of touch marketing, Atmel Corporation. "The Sharp SH8128U is an excellent smartphone for the Chinese market. Atmel maXTouch technology will continue to power a number of applications from smartphones to tablets, PCs, notebooks and mobile Internet device touch screens for the worldwide market."
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Edited by Jaclyn Allard