This could be google's big weakness...a fragmented os distribution. We are going to have phones floating around with 1.5, 1.6....2.0 etc. Some with multitouch, some not...although all of them are capable. I know sprint is going to offer the 2.1 update when it's cooked, but will verizon? Who knows.
On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 8:18 AM, John Duncan Yoyo <johnduncany...@gmail.com>wrote: > This week google shipped multi-touch for 2.1.1 OS which is on the Nexxus 1. > > On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 7:56 PM, John Duncan Yoyo > <johnduncany...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 5, 2010 at 10:39 PM, t.piwowar <t...@tjpa.com> wrote: > > > >> On Feb 5, 2010, at 3:05 PM, David K Watson wrote: > >> > >>> Also, because of the many Android OS versions and hardware > >>> models, there is no guarantee that any particular Android app will work > >>> on > >>> any given Android phone. People like choice, sure, but they also need > a > >>> degree of certainty to base their choices on. > >>> > >> > >> You must consider that Google is new to consumer hardware and Apple has > >> had decades of experience in this arena. Google is going to have to > learn > >> many important lessons via the school of hard knocks. > >> > >> The story I heard on one of the Twit shows this was Apple asked Google > not > > to enable multi-touch on the Droid. Apple believed it's patent was weak > on > > multitouch and they did't believe it would survive a challenge. That > > doesn't make tons of sense but but lots of patent law applied to software > > doesn't. In addition there are multi touch capabilities in the Android > OS- > > the shift key for one. > > > > > > -- > > John Duncan Yoyo > > -------------------------------o) > > > > > > -- > John Duncan Yoyo > -------------------------------o) > > > ************************************************************************* > ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** > ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** > ************************************************************************* > ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
