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March 4th, 2010, 01:50
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Thought all multitouch-capable displays were created equal? Think again -- Android and Me has posted a rather fascinating (if not somewhat depressing) video showing a demo multitouch app created by a game developer who'd grown suspicious after running into all sorts of trouble getting the feature to work the way he wanted on the Nexus One (http://www.engadget.com/tag/NexusOne/). First up, the Droid (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Droid/) handles the demo with aplomb -- two thumbs are recognized smoothly and consistently. Next, though, the Nexus One gets confused after a while and starts registering presses at the wrong corners of the on-screen box formed by the placement of the thumbs. There's always hope that this could be fixed with a firmware bump, but that hope looks to be in jeopardy from language posted by a Google engineer in the official Android dev forums: "...this is how the touch screen hardware on the Nexus One works (which is essentially the same screen as on the G1 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/G1/) and myTouch (http://www.engadget.com/tag/myTouch/)). The Droid has a sensor from a different manufacturer, with different behavior. Other phones will likewise have different sensors." In other words, Google seems to think that HTC's just using a lower-quality sensor than Motorola is. That's good news for Droid owners, we suppose -- but with game development on Android still something of a non-starter, hardware issues like this keep fragmenting the user base and preventing big-name developers from jumping in and betting on the platform. Follow the break for video proof of the wackiness.Continue reading Nexus One's multitouch confused more easily than Droid's? (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/)
Nexus One's multitouch confused more easily than Droid's? (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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Thought all multitouch-capable displays were created equal? Think again -- Android and Me has posted a rather fascinating (if not somewhat depressing) video showing a demo multitouch app created by a game developer who'd grown suspicious after running into all sorts of trouble getting the feature to work the way he wanted on the Nexus One (http://www.engadget.com/tag/NexusOne/). First up, the Droid (http://www.engadget.com/tag/Droid/) handles the demo with aplomb -- two thumbs are recognized smoothly and consistently. Next, though, the Nexus One gets confused after a while and starts registering presses at the wrong corners of the on-screen box formed by the placement of the thumbs. There's always hope that this could be fixed with a firmware bump, but that hope looks to be in jeopardy from language posted by a Google engineer in the official Android dev forums: "...this is how the touch screen hardware on the Nexus One works (which is essentially the same screen as on the G1 (http://www.engadget.com/tag/G1/) and myTouch (http://www.engadget.com/tag/myTouch/)). The Droid has a sensor from a different manufacturer, with different behavior. Other phones will likewise have different sensors." In other words, Google seems to think that HTC's just using a lower-quality sensor than Motorola is. That's good news for Droid owners, we suppose -- but with game development on Android still something of a non-starter, hardware issues like this keep fragmenting the user base and preventing big-name developers from jumping in and betting on the platform. Follow the break for video proof of the wackiness.Continue reading Nexus One's multitouch confused more easily than Droid's? (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/)
Nexus One's multitouch confused more easily than Droid's? (http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/) originally appeared on Engadget (http://www.engadget.com) on Wed, 03 Mar 2010 20:31:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds (http://www.weblogsinc.com/feed-terms/).
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