To be honest this is really bad news. Marketed as a "superphone" and not being able to even do valuable multi touch in gaming is pretty weird/weak! Even a simple pong game (1 human vs 1 human on 1 device) is not possible with that cheap screen.
On Feb 16, 12:18 pm, Sean Hodges <seanhodge...@googlemail.com> wrote: > > So Sean, your answer to that is simply : Don't use multitouch at > > all !! > > No. > > My point was that you shouldn't rely on the touch screen for complex > gestures (particularly multi-touch). Otherwise your game will be > useless to anyone with a handset that doesn't support dual/multi > touch, or has characteristics that make the gestures less precise > (like having a smaller screen). By all means use multi-touch gestures, > but ensure that the gestures are simple and provide alternative > methods of user input where necessary. > > Perhaps I was making some assumptions, there may be games developers > out there who only want to support a handful of devices - particularly > the high-end spec ones, and have no interest in the mid/low budget > ones aimed for the mass market. > > > Come on Google, give us a way to compete against the iphone as a > > gaming platform :s > > Google?! Don't you mean Motorola / HTC / Samsung / Sony / etc? > > I have a wide range of rich highly immersive games on my Android > device now, compared to the limited number there were last year. Just > because certain multi-touch gestures are not possible on many of the > handsets does not mean it is not providing a competitive gaming > platform to the iPhone. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en
