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Title: Synaptics: We can do iPhone-like fingerprint sensors, but better Post by: HCK on February 23, 2014, 02:00:22 pm Synaptics: We can do iPhone-like fingerprint sensors, but better
<article> <section class="page"> <p> Synaptics executives say that they plan to build the fingerprint sensors that made Apple’s latest iPhones famous directly behind the glass of Android and Windows smartphones, removing the need for a dedicated hardware button. </p><p> In October, Synaptics acquired fingerprint ID provider Validity for $255 million, giving it an entree into the fingerprint identification market that had, for years, languished in relative obscurity. With the iPhone 5 that Apple launched (http://www.macworld.com/article/2010541/review-iphone-5-takes-next-step-in-smartphone-evolution.html) in September, however, biometric sensing to unlock the phone via fingerprint suddenly became the hot new thing.</p><p class="jumpTag"><a href="/article/2092386/synaptics-we-can-do-iphone-like-fingerprint-sensors-but-better.html#jump">To read this article in full or to leave a comment, please click here[/url]</p></section></article> Source: Synaptics: We can do iPhone-like fingerprint sensors, but better (http://www.macworld.com/article/2092386/synaptics-we-can-do-iphone-like-fingerprint-sensors-but-better.html#tk.rss_all) |