Some good videos on Engaget of G1 - Multi-touch confirmed

[SymptomsReagent]

http://www.viddler.com/player/cc719452/
http://www.viddler.com/explore/engadget/videos/57/

The 2nd video also confirms that the screen on the G1 is multi-touch capable like the iPhone for "gestures".

Good news as I'm sure that will be a popular 3rd party app!!

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[Audemars]

I thought I read that the hardware couldn't support multi-touch.

[SymptomsReagent]

I thought I read that the hardware couldn't support multi-touch.

Nope, one of the T-mobile (Desmond Smith) guys says it is multi-touch capable but is not enabled out of the box.

[DesignDawg]

http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/23/t...ideo-hands-on/

The 2nd video also confirms that the screen on the G1 is multi-touch capable like the iPhone for "gestures".

Good news as I'm sure that will be a popular 3rd party app!!

Cool vids. The guy confirmed that the hardware supports it, but said it's an "IP limitation". In other words: "Apple will sue our Android balls off".

Hopefully people will throw caution to the wind. I won't deny multi-touch is super sweet.

[Audemars]

Awesome videos!

[SymptomsReagent]

Cool vids. The guy confirmed that the hardware supports it, but said it's an "IP limitation". In other words: "Apple will sue our Android balls off".

Hopefully people will throw caution to the wind. I won't deny multi-touch is super sweet.

Well if they use the word "gestures" but it's not like Apple coined "multi-touch" or whatever you want to call it.

[DesignDawg]

Well if they use the word "gestures" but it's not like Apple coined "multi-touch" or whatever you want to call it.

Actually, yes, they have patents pending on pretty much every aspect of multi-touch in the iphone.

[SymptomsReagent]

Actually, yes, they have patents pending on pretty much every aspect of multi-touch in the iphone.

On the iPhone...... I would expect some creative minds to get around that.

[mZimm]

I'm sure most developers won't care about the patents, and if tons of people make apps for android that use the multi-touch, then apple can't just sue them all.

[androidmaddy]

I'm sure most developers won't care about the patents, and if tons of people make apps for android that use the multi-touch, then apple can't just sue them all.

But since those apps will be hosted on the Android Marketplace, Apple can definitely send CND letters to Google/T-Mobile to have those apps taken down .

Anyway, I'm all for such apps being distributed independently, free of any legal "hassles".