As resistive, so and capacitive touch screens have their advantages and disadvantages. RIM decided to overcome the problem of choice of technology for the touch screen on its own: it has developed a hybrid screen, which is based on both resistive and capacitive technologies.
The screen has both resistive and capacitive controllers, providing thus a quick response to finger touch, high accuracy input when working with stylus input and supports multitouch.
But, of course, it immediately raises the question the value of this screen: it is not surprising that at this point it would be extraordinarily expensive cost. RIM is going to set the screens on their smartphones Masthead model, so that for such devices as the Blackberry Storm 2 and 3, their price will be at the time.
It should be noted, however, that not only RIM conceived of combining these two sensor technologies. Jet smartphone from Samsung is equipped with a display R-Resistive, which is based on this hybrid technology.
