http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/ Engadget Comments for Nexus One's multitouch confused more easily than Droid's? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 8:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Yeah, I'm sure they're just trying to lie to you. Hurf.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 8:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 9:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 9:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/
Click on the video to load it in YouTube and then turn on the Closed captioning. It's really funny how terrible it is at speech to text.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 9:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 9:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/
I got my N1 recently and haven't had any problems with the multitouch either, but I do feel like the touch accuracy on it is not as good as I would have liked. Sometimes it goes a bit crazy too, although a restart fixes it, or even a lock at times.

It's really strange, and I do love the phone but I feel like there are some problems with it that just shouldn't be there, kind of like how Google's products are in beta for seemingly forever, or how they release products that aren't really ready. I do feel like this phone should have had all the issues ironed out, but nonetheless it is a great phone.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/
You'd think if this was simply a hardware problem, we'd see the same issue on the HD2.
That doesn't seem to be the case.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 9:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/
Hardware-wise, capacitive tech is prone to accuracy failure (especially when compared to resistive tech). So, that's hardware + software problem.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/
The closed captioning recognized "Motorola Droid" as "lawnmower electorate". ]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Both iPhone and N1 have the 'most accurate' multitouch, its a given:

http://www.intomobile.com/2010/01/11/apple-iphone-and-google-nexus-one-beat-motorolas-droid-in-touchscreen-accuracy-tests.html ]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 10:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/The problem has existed since the G1. Take a look here: http://lukehutch.wordpress.com/2009/01/10/full-working-multitouch-on-the-t-mobile-g1-android-phone/

Here is Google's respond: http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/d0aa3eea8fd9a2b8/70e9dd235d519955#70e9dd235d519955]]>Mar 3rd 2010 11:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/That makes no sense. If this is a hardware problem with the Nexus One, why would we expect to see the same problem on completely different hardware?]]>Mar 3rd 2010 11:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/
"... from language posted by a Google engineer in the official Android dev forums: "...this is how the touch screen hardware on the Nexus One works (which is essentially the same screen as on the G1 and myTouch). The Droid has a sensor from a different manufacturer, with different behavior. Other phones will likewise have different sensors." In other words, Google seems to think that HTC's just using a lower-quality sensor than Motorola is."


This engineer is suggesting that HTC uses the same sensors for several phones, being that the HD2 is HTC's only other capacitive handset, it stands to reason that it would use this sensor as well. ]]>Mar 3rd 2010 11:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 11:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 11:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Just because he thinks that it is "essentially the same" screen as the G1 and MyTouch, that is a huge leap to just assume that it is the same screen as the HD2. Manufacturers use the same components between phones all the time, but that doesn't mean that all their phones are exactly the same. Far from it.]]>Mar 4th 2010 1:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/
This coming form someone who thinks he knows more than one of Google's Android team.

Considering that we know that HTC used the ClearPad-2000 on at least 3 phones both before and after the HD2, over a span of more than 16 months, it seems like a bigger leap to assume they're using something else. ]]>Mar 4th 2010 1:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Or really? I'm interested in hearing what I've said that makes me sound like I know more than a Google engineer. Actually, I've said nothing of the sort. In fact, you're the one who's extrapolating from a couple data points to conclude that the HD2 must be using the same screen/sensor. The fact is, you don't know jack shit about what screen is being used in the HD2, so don't try to sound like you know something. YOU DON'T.]]>Mar 4th 2010 5:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://bit.ly/nexus-one-compiled-disadvantages]]>Mar 4th 2010 6:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 4th 2010 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 4th 2010 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/
That link is only Touch accuracy, this is a Multi-Touch sensitivity issue. Different.]]>Mar 4th 2010 9:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/WTF are you talking about? Did you even read my comments? No need to answer, you clearly did not.]]>Mar 4th 2010 10:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/"well there is even cross in taxes misses Clinton mixed up"
lol, even so, the captioning is pretty impressive.]]>Mar 4th 2010 12:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 8:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/
This quirk, in addition to the recent lawsuits, won't be much of an encouragement for potential Android game designers. ]]>Mar 3rd 2010 8:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Look, you have to be honest with yourself - android is only as good as the phones its put on. The Nexus one is supposed to be google's flagship device, and its already had some issues. I can't wait for something good with android to hit AT&T and I will buy it day one it comes out (currently on an unlocked G1), and i would love it if game devs gave android more attention, so I don't have to keep playing simple little games on my handset. Input issues like this will only slow down developers.
-Taylor]]>Mar 3rd 2010 9:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/
How about you take off your fanboy beer goggles and stow away your jump-to-conclusions mat for a second here? This news IS what it is. Android is great, but it's gonna have a perpetual problem due to the differing hardware platforms which cause apps to run inconsistently throughout the various versions of Android and hardware; this post clearly demonstrates one aspect of it. This is a classic case of how a team is only as strong as its weakest link: the hardware is hampering the OS's potential. If Apple does something efficient, it's that they manage both software and hardware in-house to minimize hang ups and maximize potential (but that in itself is a different issue). For the record, I'm not an Apple fanboy, mind you- I own a Droid.

Btw, calling people idiots for stating reasonable opinions doesn't make your own opinions appear any more reasonable. I think you'll be able to contribute to more meaningful conversations in the future if you taught yourself some online etiquette.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 9:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 9:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/
I agree that Android will have problems in the marketplace if seemingly stupid issues like this keep on cropping up. Whether it's this display issue or the whole phone connection problem or a bunch of other ones on different phones.

And if it's a hardware or software issue, it doesn't matter - it still makes the Android OS look bad - when one of the richest and most technologically advanced companies on the planet, as well as 1/2 a dozen handset makers continue to pump out phones with annoying problems, people are going to start questioning why this is happening. There is no doubt that ALL phones have problems here or there, and this particular N1 problem is not that big of a deal, but it still makes Android look very amateurish.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 10:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 8:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 8:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/
Oh no? I think people wanting gigabit internet would disagree]]>Mar 3rd 2010 9:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 9:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/I personally will not be bowing down or performing and ritual sacrifices until they come out with 10GigE :P]]>Mar 3rd 2010 9:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 8:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 8:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/
Very true but I'm glad to see other companies give Apple a run for their money. I.e patent suit.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 8:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/Mar 3rd 2010 8:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/
This wouldn't have very much of an effect on pinch to zoom. It would make a lot of gaming and entertainment applications impossible though.

If you never play multitouch games or anything like that, this shouldn't matter to you. But it still has potential to hurt google, android, htc and other manufacturers of android based devices. ]]>Mar 3rd 2010 9:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/
Right thats why its fine on the droid..... not hardware related.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 9:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/http://www.engadget.com/2010/03/03/nexus-ones-multitouch-confused-more-easily-than-droids/
whoops haha.]]>Mar 3rd 2010 9:08PM