T-Mobile G1 multi-touch demonstrated in video

[talkbackdroid]

Just the other day we reported that two finger presses were recorded on the T-mobile G1, by a user that goes by the name RyeBrye. Well he decided to make a video to prove his findings for us. The video very clearly shows the two separate traces at th... Read more


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSBYqmWVqeM"]YouTube - T-mobile G1 multitouch proof of concept video (by RyeBrye)[/ame]

[Jorsher]

Ooh, even through in some Pink Floyd

[embrace LB]

THREAD IS OLD. already been discussed.

[android17]

lol the iphone fanboys are going to be pissed when they see this!

[Jorsher]

THREAD IS OLD. already been discussed.

Did it have the video?

[gcode247]

were did he get that shiny black g1 from

oh 4got screen protecter

[hbthemik]

yup i got bestskinsever on and it looks pretty identical to mine..

[Seraphic]

I'm still not sold by the video. It doesn't look that different to capacative averaging that works on non-multitouch displays. To be honest, if you see how unresponsive certains parts are, I'd say it shows that its not properly supported at hardware level.

[fonzy]

I have been using the phone for about a week now and to tell you the truth, I dont think multi-touch web browsing is a "Must have". sure it would be nice but im perfectly happy using the + - zoom.

[inphu510n]

Yep. Either the program isn't optimized or the hardware isn't quite fast enough to track both fingers accurately. Looking at how it traced, it is possible to implement something fairly reliable for pinch/expand actions. Though, I wouldn't count on this making it into any functionality released by Google for this device.