Demand for the iPad 2 is just now beginning to stabilize and already we're clamoring about the next iPad 3. Even iPhone 5 rumors are out of control, and that's no thanks to the companies that make the components for these devices, who are already working several models ahead of us and feeling the heat to keep the wow factor high with each new launch.
According to a new report from DigiTimes, display makers are stuggling to keep up with the industry's appetite for innovation.
Quoting industry sources, Digitimes claims, "As iPad and iPhone have aroused demand for displays and touch panels with higher performance standards, makers are under pressure to upgrade specifications in their road maps."
Here is the road map DigiTimes put together:
This road map projects lots of cool innovations, like thinner displays that use less power and offer higher resoltuions, but many of these improvements, according to DigiTimes, will not be seen until late 2012. Apple has been rumored to be lining up component manufacturers for a potential iPad 3 launch in early 2012; it remains to be seen how this pressure on display makers will impact whatever new features that device will deliver.
Via 9to5mac
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