Apple iPhone, Asia demand create touch-screen boom

By PETER SVENSSON , AP Technology Writer, Electronic Devices / Consumer & Gadgets

In this Oct. 19, 2007 file photo, a customer holds an Apple iPhone at the Apple store in Palo Alto, Calif., Friday, Oct. 19, 2007. Following the success of Apple Inc.'s iPhone, mobile phone manufacturers are racing to produce touch screen models of their own. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma)

(AP) -- It's been a good year for touch screens. The launch of the first iPhone model a year ago boosted interest in the technology tremendously, and the updated model available Friday likely will stoke enthusiasm further. Now touch-screen manufacturers are going flat out, and more devices will soon be controlled by the tip of your finger.

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