Motorola MILESTONE does what DROIDon't
By Chris Ziegler 
posted Nov 2nd 2009 7:14PM
posted Nov 2nd 2009 7:14PM
Nor is Google's:"We work very closely with our carriers and partners to deliver differentiated consumer experiences on our mobile devices. At times, similar devices come to market with different features, depending on the region, carrier preferences and consumer needs."
So let the speculation -- and the firmware hacking -- begin."The Android 2.0 framework includes support for multi-touch. As with other platform technologies, such as the text-to-speech engine, carriers and OEMs can choose to implement it."
[Via Gearlog, image via mobile-review]
Sounds like Verizon decided not to include multi touch. Figures they would
haha, great title, ,,, I love it. a little pity that the browser of US version doesn't have multi-touch capacity. anyway, planning to buy it.
The DroidDoes website lists multitouch as a capability of the phone. It's been there since the website launched. You can't click on it for more info, but it is there as a feature of the phone right under Turn-by-Turn Nav
"There's speculation out there that Apple was somehow involved in making sure that multitouch "fell" down a flight of stairs before reaching US-bound Android devices..."
I don't understand. I thought the Sprint Hero, was multitouch, and has the pinch to zoom etc,.?
It does, but that was added by HTC, not Google. This is apparently either Google or Verizon not wanting to risk a confrontation with Apple. Since the patents only cover the gestures and not the technology itself, Google can remain perfectly safe in the US by simply laying the groundwork but leaving the gesture implementation up to third parties. And since this is a Google experience device, there is no bundled third party software. I'm sure something will show up on the app store eventually.
So, does that mean that HTC could have had problems with Apple?
Or that they did but got around it?
What do you mean the official responses don't make sense? They describe it perfectly! Google said they added the code while Motorola said that had nothing to do with removing it in Verizon's case. I'm guessing it'll be a pay-to-upgrade feature.
Not trying to ruffle and feathers here but I don't understand what the big deal is about pinching fingers or tapping twice. You get to zoom in all the same. I've had the chance to experience both methods of zoom and I didn't really prefer either one; as long as we can zoom in, why should it matter how?
Figures Verizon would drop the ball on this phone somewhere.
Not to worry. I was able to play with one yesterday at work and it does have multi touch.