htc pro + multiple finger ecogniton?

nbarlam · #1 (**permalink**) 01-10-2009, 08:22 PM

i've had the htc pro for about a month and love it, but i do have some questions about it. i don't remember where i read this but apparently the pro can sense multiple fingers touching the screen at the same time. i was wondering if this is true and if it is, are there any applications taking atvantage of this?

**syanni85** · #2 (**permalink**) 01-10-2009, 08:44 PM

not true... yet... apparently the WM7 operating system WILL have multi touch... its not necessarily the phone as it is the OS... and wm6.1 can't... The hardbuttons under the screen are capacitive(senses your finger) and does support multi touch tho... its just a matter of time before developers start to take advantage of it..

shark1987 · #3 (**permalink**) 01-10-2009, 09:13 PM

the Touch Pro will never have multi-capabilities through it's screen. The hardware is not there to support it. What you have heard about is the hard button surface, there was a program created that showed that that surface can track two fingers on it at a time.

But there is no applications that use this surface as of now.

groovdafied · #4 (**permalink**) 01-10-2009, 09:21 PM

Touch Pro is only resistive touch screen, not capacitive. The only capacitive area (supposedly) is the bottom area with the home, back, end and receive buttons. However it's possible that the bottom area is just two different touch areas. Sorry

**syanni85** · #5 (**permalink**) 01-10-2009, 09:35 PM

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Originally Posted by shark1987

the Touch Pro will never have multi-capabilities through it's screen. The hardware is not there to support it. What you have heard about is the hard button surface, there was a program created that showed that that surface can track two fingers on it at a time.

But there is no applications that use this surface as of now.

Quote:

Originally Posted by groovdafied

Touch Pro is only resistive touch screen, not capacitive. The only capacitive area (supposedly) is the bottom area with the home, back, end and receive buttons. However it's possible that the bottom area is just two different touch areas. Sorry

it doesn't matter if it has a resistive screen or capacitive... its the actual operating system that can allow multi touch... if you are draggin something with one finger and touch another area with another, you'll see the item/object elastically go towards the other finger point (the item kindof hangs between) and thats because the OPERATING SYSTEM only registers one touch at a time ... I have read that it IS the OS and not hardware... maybe i can find where i read it from...

how so would it be the hardware?