Htc Touch Diamond/Pro Multi-Touch

Professa91 · #1 (**permalink**) 08-19-2008, 11:16 PM

found this on youtube and thought it was interesting

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f3Owgcos_KY

ilkhan · #2 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 03:54 AM

Yeah the keypad area is multitouch, the actual screen isnt.

Draiko · #3 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 06:19 AM

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Originally Posted by ilkhan

Yeah the keypad area is multitouch, the actual screen isnt.

Still...

I guess you could call them the MULTI touch Diamond and MULTI Touch Pro now...

hehe ha he ha he http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHO6FygIZiY

**Torx** · #4 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 06:35 AM

wow, so the top half isnt multi?

LAME.
why in the crap would htc pull such a move?

Draiko · #5 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 06:41 AM

Maybe because multi-touch isn't really an important feature, more of a "neat" one.

Have you ever used an iPhone? Pinch zoom is friggin annoying and it takes two hands.

rivlez@gmail.com · #6 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 08:02 AM

I'm not sure which iPhone you used, you do not use 2 hands to pinch/zoom on the iPhone. Have you ever used one?

**cornelious2** · #7 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 08:40 AM

it does take two hands, one to hold the phone, and one to do the pinch. I much prefer the circle motion that I can do with my thumb on the hand holding the phone.

ace741 · #8 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by cornelious2

it does take two hands, one to hold the phone, and one to do the pinch. I much prefer the circle motion that I can do with my thumb on the hand holding the phone.

Not only that, but you have to make firm contact with both fingers to get it to work. You can use your nails with HTC

ilkhan · #9 (**permalink**) 08-21-2008, 03:54 AM

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Originally Posted by rivlez@gmail.com

I'm not sure which iPhone you used, you do not use 2 hands to pinch/zoom on the iPhone. Have you ever used one?

Yeah I played with a iPOS couple days ago and was like "multitouch? how are you supposed to do that one handed?!" Its smooth but just....no.

**bedoig** · #10 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 11:23 AM

Multitouch on iPhones/iPods is nice, but their entire UI is designed around its use. Small buttons and pinpoint precision aren't an option with capacitive screens. Say goodbye to your stylus. Forget about Transcriber. Better not try to work on anything with too much fine detail.

Don't get me wrong, the iPhone performs well given those hardware limitations, but that is because it was designed that way from the ground up. I don't think a capacitive screen on a WM device would be a good idea at this point. For now, I'll stick with our "squishy" screens.