HTC Touch Finger Print Reader

[ed_tdk]

Hey,
Has anyone ever heard of a fingerprint reader software for HTC Touch ELFIN. Don't know if its possible, but was figuring that it would be something cool to have

[sheennick123456]

i dont think the touch screen can recognise finger prints

[ed_tdk]

O ok, thanks. I had a treo sometime back, like two yrs or so, and i had a fingerprint reader software for it....it wasn't that effective, but it was kinda cool none the less.

thanks again though

[levenum]

It is physically impossible to read a fingerprint using a touch screen. Not even the new multi-touch like the one on the iPhone.
Some devices like iPaq 2700 have a special fingerprint reader (a tiny scanner) built in so they can use biometric security (lock the device to a specific owner).
Usually the software for such device comes built-in.

[Black93300ZX]

2nd, you can't get a fingerprint from either pressure or capacitance, my tablet has a fingerprint reader but it has to be separate from the touch screen.

[JamminJaguar]

It'd be a cool idea, but as the others have stated. It's a different feature to just a touch-screen.

[gthing]

I had a palm app several years ago that was a finger print scanner. It didn't actually work, it just looked cool and would put up an image of a fake fingerprint as it "scanned." The trick was to push left on the D-Pad before you scanned to get a passing scan.

[ed_tdk]

Thanks for the info all.

[arifhanid]

Take a look at this:
http://www.jgui.net/bio.id./index.html

It's fake - but a bit of fun when you're with your mates

[Black93300ZX]

http://gizmodo.com/5076931/know+it+all-lcd-panel-can-scan-fingerprints-sense-light

An LCD screen that actually reads fingerprints, no BS. It's a first, so at the time we said it we were right, but now it is possible. :O

[NanoRuler]

Yeah, but that is purpose-built tech. It still remains impossible to read fingerprints using our HTC screens.

If we're to experiment with such functionality at all we'd probably be better off looking at ways to use the camera to do it. Also, I must admit I see absolutely no point in a fake fingerprint reader.