Touchscreen devices go mainstream

Finger-driven computing — a phenomenon that was not too long ago just a fantasy seen in science fiction movies — is lurching into the mainstream, destined to become the primary input method for tomorrow’s computers.

By 2014 the worldwide production of touchscreen modules will have reached 117.9 million units, an exponential jump from the forecasted production of just 15.8 million units in 2010 says market researcher iSuppli in a report published on July 26.