Victor Soich wrote: > I also hope that it will have the same "finger actions" as the iphone. > I love the multi touch, and I don't like having to use a fingernail > on the n900 to move around. It's touch resistance, or whatever, as > opposed to being able to use the fleshy part of your finger on the > screen like an iphone. I played with the iphone, and I hope > the next version of the n900 has multitouch and the same fingering as > the iphone, without nokia worrying about getting sued by Apple. > As a huge Nokia supporter surrounded by iPhone fan-boys I've heavily researched and fiercely debated this whole resistive vs. capacitive touchscreen and "mult-touch" myth.
Resistive verses capacitive refer to the way the screen surface is built and the way that it registers a touch. It has nothing to do w. "multi-touch" capability. "Multi-touch" touchscreen technology existed before Apple. Apple lists the phrase "Mult-touch" on their page of trademarks, however to the best of my knowledge no government recognizes their claims. > On Wed, Mar 10, 2010 at 12:42 AM, Daniel Johnson <tekno...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> . It isn't really >> meant to be a mass market phone, but a phone for people writing >> software for the next release which will be a mass market phone. So >> if you are interested in writing software for the upcoming Nokia linux >> smartphone market you can start now, otherwise it's at least usable as >> a phone or tiny linux computer but isn't considered polished yet. Many of the higher-end Nokia smartphones(N and E series) aren't considered "mass market" simply because most of them ship unlocked to the U.S. in limited quantities and are typically over $500. Which is in stark contrast to Blackerry, iPhone, Palm, and Android which are carrier subsidized. Most of the Nokia N-series and E-series phones run Symbian, except for the N900 which runs Maemo. Although, this is v1 of the N900, I don't think it's geared toward devs. It's fully functionally as compared to say the G1 when it came out. As a matter of fact, Nokia slipped the release date to clean up some rough edges. As for hacking smartphones I'm not sure what you have in mind but you could get a used G1 at this point for a fraction of the cost of a N900 and I hear the Android SDK is really slick. Or if you're more interested in hacking Maemo specifically, you can probably find a N700, N800, or N810 internet tables that all run Maemo. I have the N700 and N810. Or you can just download the Maemo SDK from maemo.org and start learning. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@lists.pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
