Turns out that the
DROID does support multitouch after all -- it's just not as baked as the
MILESTONE's, and it's certainly not the kind you'll see out of the box. The DROID's European cousin features multitouch right in the phone's core software load (most notably pinch-and-zoom in the browser, which
we've seen demoed on video) whereas the DROID itself still features multitouch capability in APIs but doesn't expose it through any built-in app. Translation: the apps you use every day -- Google Maps and the browser, chiefly -- get left out in the cold for some reason that neither Google nor Motorola (nor Verizon) have thus far been willing to adequately justify. Where you can experience the magic of pinch-and-zoom is in third-party apps written to take advantage of Android 2.0's new APIs (
Phandroid demos it on a fresh version of Picsay, for instance), but at the end of the day, that's a consolation prize -- we still want a spin-free explanation of why this was all turned off for the base apps. Follow the break for video of Picsay's support for the good stuff in action.
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mobile-review]
posted Nov 4th 2009 5:05AM
so...trying to go to "fandroid.com" and I can't get that website...I was gonna get some more info from this guy. What's the actual url.
It's Phandroid.
Google maps is where I need it most!!!! Try hitting that zoom in/out button and you'll see what I'm talking about.
This is ridiculous. "Multitouch" is not synonymous with "Pinch to zoom". Why are all the news sites continuing to confuse the two?
The DROID does have multitouch. it does have it enabled. It's used in the on-screen keyboard, for example.
What it doesn't have is one particular use case of multitouch; pinch to zoom.
Hail Keith!
YOU ARE RIGHT!!
Wow, thats obviously fake. This guy sure fooled you.