Multitouch Capabilities of the TP - Page 2

shadowfender42 · #11 (**permalink**) 03-22-2009, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by racemepls

they probably havnt locked it down. flash it and you will see

The guy in some Diamond 2 or TP 2 vid said that capacitive screens are not supported by 6.5 and resistive is not accurate enough.....

**MoonZ*BabysH** · #12 (**permalink**) 03-22-2009, 11:26 PM

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Originally Posted by shadowfender42

The guy in some Diamond 2 or TP 2 vid said that capacitive screens are not supported by 6.5 and resistive is not accurate enough.....

found this here http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/18/e...sses-the-mark/ Reason #4

6.5 supports resistive touchscreens. In fact, it only officially supports resistive touchscreens. Resistive touchscreens are less accurate and more frustrating to use with full touchscreen devices, and most of the new Windows Mobile devices are built around full touchscreen navigation! It's truly a mystery as to why Microsoft refuses to implement a superior technology. We did see it installed on a TI device with a capacitive screen, but it's clear that there's no effort to make this play nice with these displays (the rep in the video seems to suggest that Microsoft didn't lend a hand here). At any rate, if the scores of inaccurate, jumpy demos we've seen are any indication, using 6.5 -- no matter how "finger friendly" they tell you it will be -- is going to be a royal pain on resistive screens without a stylus. And you know how we feel about styli.

shadowfender42 · #13 (**permalink**) 03-22-2009, 11:32 PM

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Originally Posted by moonzbabysh

found this here http://www.engadget.com/2009/02/18/e...sses-the-mark/ Reason #4

6.5 supports resistive touchscreens. In fact, it only officially supports resistive touchscreens. Resistive touchscreens are less accurate and more frustrating to use with full touchscreen devices, and most of the new Windows Mobile devices are built around full touchscreen navigation! It's truly a mystery as to why Microsoft refuses to implement a superior technology. We did see it installed on a TI device with a capacitive screen, but it's clear that there's no effort to make this play nice with these displays (the rep in the video seems to suggest that Microsoft didn't lend a hand here). At any rate, if the scores of inaccurate, jumpy demos we've seen are any indication, using 6.5 -- no matter how "finger friendly" they tell you it will be -- is going to be a royal pain on resistive screens without a stylus. And you know how we feel about styli.

Stylus=>=0 lol hopefully Microsoft has some grand plan and pulls some superresistive/capacitive hybrid screen out of their butts and isn't telling us but I doubt it lol.

**MoonZ*BabysH** · #14 (**permalink**) 03-22-2009, 11:55 PM

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Originally Posted by shadowfender42

Stylus=>=0 lol hopefully Microsoft has some grand plan and pulls some superresistive/capacitive hybrid screen out of their butts and isn't telling us but I doubt it lol.

lol yeah i doubt it too. i honestly dont care much bout multi touch or little things like that i amd pretty much just waiting for the WinMo based Tegra phone to come out. The true Iphone killer in my eyes!!

racemepls · #15 (**permalink**) 03-23-2009, 12:27 AM

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Originally Posted by moonzbabysh

ive tried 6.5 and havent seen anything can you just let us know what it is instead of being secretive about it!!!

flash jd's new 6.5 rom. hold one finger on the screen. place another finger on another part of your screen. move either finger and the screen will respond. tap on the screen and it responds. go back to 6.1 and it doesnt. I agree its not very accurate but possably usable.

**MoonZ*BabysH** · #16 (**permalink**) 03-23-2009, 12:46 AM

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Originally Posted by racemepls

flash jd's new 6.5 rom. hold one finger on the screen. place another finger on another part of your screen. move either finger and the screen will respond. tap on the screen and it responds. go back to 6.1 and it doesnt. I agree its not very accurate but possably usable.

Thank you for that, i wonder if any of the Chefs have even tried to do somthing with it, i know they need the API's to do anything, just curious if anyone has attempted.

racemepls · #17 (**permalink**) 03-23-2009, 12:59 AM

I ask that same question myself. I asked jd in his 6.5 thread this question so i guess we'll find out. http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/showthread...=60983&page=24

**MoonZ*BabysH** · #18 (**permalink**) 03-23-2009, 01:15 AM

ok ive been searching and i guess Shapp over at XDA has attempted http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=411836 though it looks like its still in the works. hes creating a whole UI with this feature. check it out. Now i am definatly going to be keeping an eye out for this cuz his UI idea sounds awsome.

uhohitzluke · #19 (**permalink**) 03-23-2009, 01:24 AM

hmm interesting... lol i was really pondering bout the metallic dpad with the home,back,send and end key lol... but your guys' discussion is pretty interesting as well.

**MoonZ*BabysH** · #20 (**permalink**) 03-23-2009, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by uhohitzluke

hmm interesting... lol i was really pondering bout the metallic dpad with the home,back,send and end key lol... but your guys' discussion is pretty interesting as well.

Thats what happends when you give us Geeks a good topic to talk about lol