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The first Windows phone with multi-touch sighted
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:05 am    Post subject: The first Windows phone with multi-touch sighted Reply with quote

And indeed one can use 2 fingers to zoom-in/out on photos:



Which company has managed to achieve it?

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:45 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

If you like vitrual keyboard with pop-up key, then you can get it free at:

http://www.pocketcm.com/keyboard2.php

It works very well on my Hermes. Haven't tried it on Diamond as I am quite happy with the HTC Diamond keyboard.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 4:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

BrianC wrote:
Haven't tried it on Diamond as I am quite happy with the HTC Diamond keyboard.


but Diamond has no pop-up-s with letters so sometimes figners cover letters and one can't type quickly - how can you be satisfied with it?
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 6:56 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

EJR wrote:
BrianC wrote:
Haven't tried it on Diamond as I am quite happy with the HTC Diamond keyboard.


but Diamond has no pop-up-s with letters so sometimes figners cover letters and one can't type quickly - how can you be satisfied with it?

Should everyting in WM device be exactly like iPhone? If yes, wouldn't it be easier to get iPhone itself and be happy?
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 10:36 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

EJR wrote:
BrianC wrote:
Haven't tried it on Diamond as I am quite happy with the HTC Diamond keyboard.


but Diamond has no pop-up-s with letters so sometimes figners cover letters and one can't type quickly - how can you be satisfied with it?


I like it because I don't have to switch between the numbers and alphabet modes all the time. I can press and hold a letter key and it display something else like numbers. Very handy. I hope other virtual keyboards (and that include iPhone keyboard) that has pop-up would copy this feature from HTC.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 1:15 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

You can't copy the iphone's UI unless you have a GPU. Accellerated graphics is what makes its user interface so responsive and in turn, less frustrating compared to windows mobiles phones.

Microsoft need to spend less time improving the wait cursor animation and spend more time developing a GPU accelerated user interface framework with all the features devs need to make great looking apps, without having to spend months of effort making their apps look attractive, modern and usable. Windows mobile apps are a wash with shoddy iphone rip off uis that are flawed in so many ways, and all they offer users is more confusion through inconsistancy.
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PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 3:28 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Isn't WM6 based off Win CE 5??? So WM7 will be based off CE 6 and will support multi touch??? Question

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PostPosted: Mon Sep 01, 2008 9:48 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BaDZeD wrote:
Isn't WM6 based off Win CE 5??? So WM7 will be based of CE 6 and will support multi touch??? Question


While many of us (myself included) are confident that Windows Mobile 7 will be based on Windows CE 6.0 I don't think that Microsoft has offically stated much publically on Windows Mobile 7.

I've got a few Windows CE 6.0 developer's references in front of me and there's no mention of Multitouch. I'm inclined to think that the implementation in the device described in the article is something that was made by the manufacturer and not provided by Microsoft. But once again, this is speculation.
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:19 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

BTW wasn't that guy in a video trying to zoom in on this little gerl boobs? Pervert! Embarassed
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 12:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

hey! i dunno, maybe it's my computer, but here's what I see above this text box:

Warning: [REMOVED]

check this out plz

And btw thanx for such a nice site anyways!
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PostPosted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 6:32 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

@ Speero: The top guy is messing with the PHP functions or trying out a new incompatible plugin Rolling Eyes
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

kdskamal wrote:
@ Speero: The top guy is messing with the PHP functions or trying out a new incompatible plugin Rolling Eyes


thanks everybody for noticing problems - corrected by now.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 3:32 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

My HTC TyTN has touch screen, but I almost never use it. I prefer having 20 buttons to control my device, and using scroll wheel and directional pad, rather than cover my screen with a finger and leave smudges and streaks all over the screen. Lack of buttons, keyboard, and having to rely on touchscreen for everything is another reason I will not get the iPhone. Also, multitouch usally needs two hands (using one is awkward), which is very inconvenient when you're on the go and need to use one hand to hold the phone. So I don't really care if Windows Mobile 7 is multitouch or not. Tilt sensor and lots of buttons should be enough.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 11:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

It is silly to have to use 2 fingers (multitouch) when all I want is to zoom in a photo. I think the HTC implementation using 1 finger is more elegant. Why multi-touch (multi-fingers) when you can do it in one touch (one-finger).

The only time when I think Multi-touch makes sense is for a game like Piano keyboard. You would want be able to strike a note with 1, 2 or even more fingers. Of course, you wouldn't make real music on a tiny screen and without the pressure/velocity sensitivity of physical keys.

I would like to hear comments from others on when Multi-touch on a mobiel phone makes sense.
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PostPosted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 1:27 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

BrianC wrote:
It is silly to have to use 2 fingers (multitouch) when all I want is to zoom in a photo. I think the HTC implementation using 1 finger is more elegant. Why multi-touch (multi-fingers) when you can do it in one touch (one-finger).
Totally agree. Why revert to two-handed phone usage when one-handed is the desired approach? I don't understand why manufacturers feel they need to blindly steal features from other manufacturers without first understanding those features' utility.
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