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February 5th, 2010, 18:50
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When it rains, it pours, huh, Google? Not even a week after announcing the big multitouch update for its own Nexus One (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/02/nexus-one-gets-a-software-update-enables-multitouch/), Google has turned loose a new version of Google Maps (http://www.engadget.com/tag/GoogleMaps/) that enables pinch-to-zoom support on the Droid (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Droid/). Of course, it was no secret that Android 2.0 had the framework in place to support this kind of stuff -- Moto enabled it all by its lonesome on the Euro-spec Milestone (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Milestone/) -- but it looks like this could be the watershed moment where multitouch finally becomes a must-have feature on Android devices across the board, as Moto CEO Sanjay Jha recently suggested would happen (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/multitouch-coming-to-majority-of-future-motorola-devices-says/). The new version 3.4's available as a software update in the Market right now, so grab it if you've got your Droid handy.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]Motorola Droid gets official multitouch support -- in Google Maps, anyway (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/motorola-droid-gets-official-multitouch-support-in-google-map/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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When it rains, it pours, huh, Google? Not even a week after announcing the big multitouch update for its own Nexus One (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/02/nexus-one-gets-a-software-update-enables-multitouch/), Google has turned loose a new version of Google Maps (http://www.engadget.com/tag/GoogleMaps/) that enables pinch-to-zoom support on the Droid (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Droid/). Of course, it was no secret that Android 2.0 had the framework in place to support this kind of stuff -- Moto enabled it all by its lonesome on the Euro-spec Milestone (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Milestone/) -- but it looks like this could be the watershed moment where multitouch finally becomes a must-have feature on Android devices across the board, as Moto CEO Sanjay Jha recently suggested would happen (http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/14/multitouch-coming-to-majority-of-future-motorola-devices-says/). The new version 3.4's available as a software update in the Market right now, so grab it if you've got your Droid handy.
[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]Motorola Droid gets official multitouch support -- in Google Maps, anyway (http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/05/motorola-droid-gets-official-multitouch-support-in-google-map/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Fri, 05 Feb 2010 13:43:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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