Pinch and Zoom App

[psweitzer]

+1 for rainfreak's rant

BUT.... while I dont have an iPhone I do have an iPod touch and absolutely love it... the one thing I *really* love is the screen size...
if I could have a 3.5" screen on my Diamond I'd be in heaven!!
I know I know... it exists and is called HTC HD but Bell might have that in a couple years!!! more likely they'll have their GSM network first at which point I will not be tied to their minimal selection of phones!!!!

uh oh... I just started ranting too didn't I...

[syanni85]

man, i can't seem to remember the name of the app, but Jethro_Static and I were seeking the development of it... man... i'm stumped... all i remember is that it had a multi touch feature called iZoom... which had that multi goin on...

lemme see if i can find it...

[syanni85]

Originally Posted by syanni85

man, i can't seem to remember the name of the app, but Jethro_Static and I were seeking the development of it... man... i'm stumped... all i remember is that it had a multi touch feature called iZoom... which had that multi goin on...

lemme see if i can find it...

AH HA! FOUND IT! iSwish... which has a different name now... created by Youilabs... check out the video on this site on the bottom left

MULTI TOUCH(unless its a hoax): http://www.youilabs.com/

[jethro_static]

I don't think it's a hoax. But it's not the true multi touch tho. As U can see in the vid, U have to touch at 1 point 1st then touch another. But it's close. I won't mind using it.

If U guys don't know yet, Apple owns the patent for Multi touch on handheld. That is why U cannot see it on any handheld for a technology that is 2 years old. U can see multi touch on devices but it is hidden or purposely disabled to avoid lawsuit. Meizu m8 have multi touch. But this is chinese company. and US jurisdiction cannot touch those guys simply because their law does not give a crap. U can see all those Iphone or any other phone clones floting around. Back to meizu, Since they have multi touch and it cannot be released or else apple lawyers will be on their @ss, there is a loophole. As long as they put "demo unit" sticker on the device, they cannot be sued. SO they can do that on all the device they wanna sell.

Prolly in the future, Other devices will have multi touch as long as apple got a cut on it but at this point, It's their bread and butter so they won't be licensing it to any other competitor.

[parkman25]

Originally Posted by jethro_static

I don't think it's a hoax. But it's not the true multi touch tho. As U can see in the vid, U have to touch at 1 point 1st then touch another. But it's close. I won't mind using it.

If U guys don't know yet, Apple owns the patent for Multi touch on handheld. That is why U cannot see it on any handheld for a technology that is 2 years old. U can see multi touch on devices but it is hidden or purposely disabled to avoid lawsuit. Meizu m8 have multi touch. But this is chinese company. and US jurisdiction cannot touch those guys simply because their law does not give a crap. U can see all those Iphone or any other phone clones floting around. Back to meizu, Since they have multi touch and it cannot be released or else apple lawyers will be on their @ss, there is a loophole. As long as they put "demo unit" sticker on the device, they cannot be sued. SO they can do that on all the device they wanna sell.

Prolly in the future, Other devices will have multi touch as long as apple got a cut on it but at this point, It's their bread and butter so they won't be licensing it to any other competitor.

damn, that's complete bulls**t!
I HATE apple now!
They always have to have something their own.

Like how itunes is their own and not any other music service could sync with the ipod until just recently when rhapsody got the feature.

It's crap!

[jethro_static]

Originally Posted by parkman25

damn, that's complete bulls**t!
I HATE apple now!
They always have to have something their own.

Like how itunes is their own and not any other music service could sync with the ipod until just recently when rhapsody got the feature.

It's crap!

It's sad to admit but Apple is really an innovator on technology. They thought of the things they have now decades ago. Like the OSX dock. They applied for the patent of that 10 years ago. it was just recently awarded to them. SO now, Nobody can copy their dock. They can now sue object desktop for copying it to Vista machines.

[mixxy]

Originally Posted by jethro_static

I don't think it's a hoax. But it's not the true multi touch tho. As U can see in the vid, U have to touch at 1 point 1st then touch another. But it's close. I won't mind using it.

If U guys don't know yet, Apple owns the patent for Multi touch on handheld. That is why U cannot see it on any handheld for a technology that is 2 years old. U can see multi touch on devices but it is hidden or purposely disabled to avoid lawsuit. Meizu m8 have multi touch. But this is chinese company. and US jurisdiction cannot touch those guys simply because their law does not give a crap. U can see all those Iphone or any other phone clones floting around. Back to meizu, Since they have multi touch and it cannot be released or else apple lawyers will be on their @ss, there is a loophole. As long as they put "demo unit" sticker on the device, they cannot be sued. SO they can do that on all the device they wanna sell.

Prolly in the future, Other devices will have multi touch as long as apple got a cut on it but at this point, It's their bread and butter so they won't be licensing it to any other competitor.

so if they have it patented, how is it that microsoft continues developing multitouch platforms for their new operating systems for pc nd mobile? are they not concerned about the lawsuit which they might face?

or is it that they didnt expect apple to get a patent?

[jethro_static]

ms does not have a handheld or planning to have a handheld with a multi touch. can u name a ms handheld with multi touch?

[mixxy]

Originally Posted by jethro_static

ms does not have a handheld or planning to have a handheld with a multi touch. can u name a ms handheld with multi touch?

no no dont get me wrong, im not saying theres one currently available on the market.

But rumours and many news reports said that future microsoft os, and windows mobile 7 was going to concentrate significantly on multitouch (or am i mistaken and "windows 7" is a new os, not related to handhelds at all?)

http://www.popularmechanics.com/tech...y/4217348.html

[jethro_static]

Originally Posted by mixxy

no no dont get me wrong, im not saying theres one currently available on the market.

But rumours and many news reports said that future microsoft os, and windows mobile 7 was going to concentrate significantly on multitouch (or am i mistaken and "windows 7" is a new os, not related to handhelds at all?)

http://www.popularmechanics.com/tech...y/4217348.html

i did not read the link but i want u to know that multi touch is a hardware and ms makes the software. so anybody can make a multi touch capable os. its up to the device manufacturer if they wanna put multi touch hardware in it. it all depends on the patent owner.
if multi touch is simply a software, we prolly all have it now. the closest a software can get is on the link that mah brotherman syanni posted. but then again its just close. not the real thing. plus until now they cannot release it. maybe apple got involved?we do not know