Pinch and Zoom App

[jonnythan]

The screen is a resistive touch screen. It registers touches when your finger physically presses one sheet of material into another sheet. Trying to use multi-touch on such a screen would not be very accurate.

The iPhone screen is a piece of hard glass. It's a capacitive touchscreen. It registers physical contact with any material that has electric capacitance, such as human skin. Since you're not squeezing two sheets of material together, it's much much more responsive and accurate for using multi-touch.

Of course, you can't use gloves or a stylus with the iPhone.

[parkman25]

Originally Posted by jonnythan

Of course, you can't use gloves or a stylus with the iPhone.

buttt, thats the one big thing about the iphone screen.

Buttons can't be pressed in your pocket, briefcase, or anything.
anddd, you don't need a stylus for anything!

[rainfreak]

I so hate hearing about the iPhone all of the time around here....

[parkman25]

Originally Posted by rainfreak

I so hate hearing about the iPhone all of the time around here....

why don't you like the iphone??

not saying that i like it, just wondering what your reason was for posting this.

[rainfreak]

Originally Posted by parkman25

why don't you like the iphone??

not saying that i like it, just wondering what your reason was for posting this.

Because we have phones with more versatility, more capability and more objectivity. iPhones are great for people who want a cool phone with a high toy factor and a near to zero work factor to it. WinMo phones are for people who want a cool phone with a medium toy factor and a high work factor to it.

It never fails that people seem to want to compare iPhones to WinMo phones. I personally think that it has to do with what I typically call the "envy factor." The fact is that the iPhone is a great phone and a great platform, for some. Just like WinMo is a great phone and platform for others. But we are in a forum for WinMo phones and I am constantly seeing posts asking if our phones can do this, that or the other thing that iPhones can do.

It just gets on my nerves after awhile. IMO, it's kind of like a guy with a hot blonde wife that sees a cute brunette walk across the street and wishes he could have a little of this and a little of that from the brunette. The way I look at it is that what we have is great and there is no need to keep looking over at the neighbor's yard and desperately looking for a patch of greener grass.

Anyway... sorry for the rant and for injecting myself into your conversation...

[parkman25]

Originally Posted by rainfreak

Because we have phones with more versatility, more capability and more objectivity. iPhones are great for people who want a cool phone with a high toy factor and a near to zero work factor to it. WinMo phones are for people who want a cool phone with a medium toy factor and a high work factor to it.

It never fails that people seem to want to compare iPhones to WinMo phones. I personally think that it has to do with what I typically call the "envy factor." The fact is that the iPhone is a great phone and a great platform, for some. Just like WinMo is a great phone and platform for others. But we are in a forum for WinMo phones and I am constantly seeing posts asking if our phones can do this, that or the other thing that iPhones can do.

It just gets on my nerves after awhile. IMO, it's kind of like a guy with a hot blonde wife that sees a cute brunette walk across the street and wishes he could have a little of this and a little of that from the brunette. The way I look at it is that what we have is great and there is no need to keep looking over at the neighbor's yard and desperately looking for a patch of greener grass.

Anyway... sorry for the rant and for injecting myself into your conversation...

it's okay. I completely agree with you.
I'm not a very big business man myself; therefore, i like some features of the iphone, but the cost isn't one of them.
Also, I am a gadget guy, and I like a lot of toys and fun things.
But you know, that's just mee.

I agree with a lot of the things you have said.

Is there a way to close this forum?

[ryallchild]

Originally Posted by rainfreak

Because we have phones with more versatility, more capability and more objectivity. iPhones are great for people who want a cool phone with a high toy factor and a near to zero work factor to it. WinMo phones are for people who want a cool phone with a medium toy factor and a high work factor to it.

It never fails that people seem to want to compare iPhones to WinMo phones. I personally think that it has to do with what I typically call the "envy factor." The fact is that the iPhone is a great phone and a great platform, for some. Just like WinMo is a great phone and platform for others. But we are in a forum for WinMo phones and I am constantly seeing posts asking if our phones can do this, that or the other thing that iPhones can do.

It just gets on my nerves after awhile. IMO, it's kind of like a guy with a hot blonde wife that sees a cute brunette walk across the street and wishes he could have a little of this and a little of that from the brunette. The way I look at it is that what we have is great and there is no need to keep looking over at the neighbor's yard and desperately looking for a patch of greener grass.

Anyway... sorry for the rant and for injecting myself into your conversation...

personally i like my phone to be able to do what the iphone does so i can shove it in their face and show them mine can do that plus these hundred other things

[rawdikrik]

Ok... When viewing a picture in the TF3D...

Just draw a circle with your finger around the area you wish to zoom... it will zoom smoothly into the area and then adjust the quality.

I like it better that the iphone...

Hope that helps!

[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...