http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2008 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/Jan 22nd 2007 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/
Besides Engadget is one of the most pro-Apple blogs on the net that is not dedicated to apple.

Al: That's not really multi touch. What the touchpad read was the larger area being stimulated on the pad.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 12:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/Jan 22nd 2007 12:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/
No, MacBook's trackpads actually detect both fingers. I tried putting several fingers together or even my palm and it wouldn't right click/scroll. It's only when it detects two different contact points that it switches to scroll mode or right click.

Also, something not many people know, you don't have to click while holding two fingers to get the right button behavior: just standard tapping -but with two fingers- works too (assuming of course that you have tapping = click enabled in System Preferences)]]>Jan 22nd 2007 1:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/
Ironic.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 12:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/They can turn ANY SURFACE into a sensitive one using time reversal of lamb waves.
http://www.sensitive-object.com/]]>Jan 22nd 2007 12:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/Jan 22nd 2007 1:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/
But if the iPhone is based on this (which I assumed it is), then the iPhone's touch interface will be the best ever encountered on a cell phone. Very response, very awesome. Only one problem - do not try using it when your fingers or damp! At least, if the iPhone uses the same electroconductive technology of the TouchStream keyboard, you will see some weeeirrd behaviors..

Now, last problem, I wonder.. My TouchStream keyboard wigs out when my cellphone rings and is near it.. Hope that does not happen with the iPhone.. That would be weird.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 1:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/Jan 22nd 2007 1:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/
Now if only Jobs could think in such an open way (viz his comments about running the open, cross platform java me on the iphone).
]]>Jan 22nd 2007 1:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/Jan 22nd 2007 1:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/
http://www.engadget.com/2006/02/09/nyus-multi-touch-sensing-through-frustrated-total-internal-refl/

In other words, the surfaces for "arty farty" types are already being built.
]]>Jan 22nd 2007 3:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/Apple iPod is to MP3 as Apple eBook is to PDF.
You will be able to purchase books and magazines through the iTunes store.
You will also be able to subscribe to PDFcasts through iTunes.
iTunes will sync your PDFs to the eBook for reading.
You will be able to turn pages with a simple gesture and it will look beautiful with the CoreAnimation page flips.
You will also be able to use the pinch gestures to zoom in and out.
The text will look amazing because of the high res screen and Leopards res-independent GUI.]]>Jan 22nd 2007 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/Jan 22nd 2007 9:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/Jan 23rd 2007 3:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/

John
http://www.monomachines.com
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http://brilliantdays.com/multi-touch/]]>Jan 23rd 2007 2:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/Jan 30th 2007 3:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/mike]]>Mar 9th 2007 4:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/http://www.engadget.com/2007/01/22/some-iphone-touchscreen-roots-splained-by-fingerworks-inventors/Jun 7th 2008 12:23PM