I love my nexus but I gotta agree with you. Between the not-yet-fixed radio issues (yes, not fixed yet!) and this cheap touch screen I feel like I got a bunch of money stolen from me. I can't believe I'm saying this, but 3 years later, the 1st gen iPhone has a better touch screen than the 2010 superphone... this is BAD.
Yeah, you should definitely consider other devices when creating games with multitouch gestures, and add different types of inputs. Also, I do understand is not directly Google's, as Sean said above. But wasn't Google directly involved in designing the Nexus One? The Superphone sold directly by Google because they found to be SO GOOD, yet it uses a really cheap touchscreen. Sorry, but this is very upsetting. On Mar 3, 8:32 am, code_android_festival_way <festival.s...@googlemail.com> wrote: > 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
