Multitouch

NLCJ · 5th August 2009, 06:40 PM

Multitouch

Hi,
Just a second ago I was playing with my phone and noticed that when I was switching from photo's I can 'push' it back with my other finger. In Notes it doesn't work but that is strange, if I put at the top and the bottom, it should recognize two touches and it goes to the middle. This should mean that it CAN recognize multitouch but it isn't programmed for it. I might be wrong (tell me) but it was just my 'theory'.

Regars,
NLCJ

madman_cro · 5th August 2009, 08:35 PM

i think its possible but requires much work . take look at this from htc hd witch is same device with bigger screen
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=486268

rogeriopcf · 6th August 2009, 12:06 AM

That's not multitouch Lol!

When you put two fingers (or more) in the the screen, it just recognizes the middle point, just like when you put just one finger, because dispite only being one finger, it has hundreds of touching points in the screen, so the operating system only recognize the middle one.
It's only just one point touchscreen.

rogeriopcf · 6th August 2009, 12:12 AM

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Originally Posted by madman_cro

i think its possible but requires much work . take look at this from htc hd witch is same device with bigger screen
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=486268

It's not possible at all! forget it.
That software, as the author says, it's not multitouch. It only uses the middle point as if we were touching another button. Thats why when you want to use another button, you should first lift all finger and then press again.

madman_cro · 6th August 2009, 10:18 AM

didnt say that it was multitouch but the good starting point. well just have to wait for vm7 and see

jabok · 6th August 2009, 05:17 PM

Does anybody really care? Multi touch seems way overrated to me.

HandySpanner · 7th August 2009, 10:13 AM

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Originally Posted by jabok

Does anybody really care? Multi touch seems way overrated to me.

It certainly seems overrated on a 3.2 inch screen. On full desktop screens maybe, but even then I'm not sure as I want to keep taking my hands off my mouse and keyboard and reach out to put fingerprints all over my monitor!

mysterd · 17th August 2009, 01:10 PM

As was already stated on many threads, multitouch is not just a software problem. It requires special hardware.

This piece of hardware must be, for the time being, a "capacitive screen", such as the iphone one. Many manufacturers work at this time on implementing multi-touch on resistive screens (such as the one of the diamond or diamond 2), but it requires an additional hardware chip.