Video: coder whips up working multitouch demonstration on T-Mobile G1

Ryan Gardner did wonders when he proved that multitouch was a real possibility on the G1, and now Sir Luke Hutch has taken things one giant leap further. Put simply (or as simply as possible), he has figured out a way to demonstrate full working multitouch on a stock T-Mobile G1, and he even provides the video to prove it and a list of instructions for developers to follow suit. For those just casually interested, the vid after the break is apt to be enough to get your saliva flowing, but for the hardcore data snoopers in the crowd, the incredibly lengthy read link is where it's at. Go where you must -- it's like a choose-your-own-adventure book, but for nerds.

[Via Phandroid, thanks Rob and Keyan]

[ethana2 Posted Jan 12th 2009 2:15PM]

Actually, that's the projected ACID3 score for IE8, or, alternately, the size of the OS on-disk.

[superhobo Posted Jan 12th 2009 2:23PM]

Hah, it scored almost twice as much!

Btw, ubuntu sucks, kthxbye

[PeterJames Posted Jan 12th 2009 3:05PM]

Yep, I can see the Apple legal department on this one already for patent infringement:

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Dear Coder:

All your base are belong to us.

Thanks Much,
Apple.

[switcheasy Posted Jan 12th 2009 3:06PM]

open or not, its sad android fans get all excited about it, when there are phones coming out which already implimented it from the get go. They dont have to wait for developers to get it going. Heres hoping cupcake and selling apps steps android up a notch.

[Wwhat Posted Jan 12th 2009 3:21PM]

Kudos to the guy for explaining it clearly and approaching it intelligently.

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 12th 2009 3:42PM]

wow so g1, now multitouch.,wonder if this will kill apple.,??
NOT!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[(Unverified) Posted Jan 12th 2009 5:29PM]

Iphone never had "multitouch" - it's just like the Gphone. BOTH are "dual touch". BOTH have an x-y grid and BOTH have the ghosting issue. But for the gestures that they have, ghosting is not a problem.
It sure is funny that Apple never claimed to have multitouch - it's the stupid media that said they did.

[glibglop Posted Jan 12th 2009 9:40PM]

iphone recognizes up to 6 fingers, you are misinformed. it is true multitouch.