It's the emulator, the older software was designed for use with a stylus so the buttons are all just small enough that you have to take care where you're pressing. Though fortunately it looks like the major buttons were designed for the Pre and should be perfectly usable.
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It's weird, the very few videos i've seen with the missed touches, it's women showing it off? Is it a nail thing?
It's the emulator, the older software was designed for use with a stylus so the buttons are all just small enough that you have to take care where you're pressing. Though fortunately it looks like the major buttons were designed for the Pre and should be perfectly usable.
My sister has trouble using the iPhone with her nails, so maybe they just aren't compatible with capacitive touch screens.
Of course they aren't, capacitive touch technology works off the skin's capacity to hold electrical charge, something keratin can't do.