I would not expect the lower precision of a capacitive touch screen to be a barrier for the user if it's a small enough ratio, but you could convince me otherwise. 2 or 4x seems doable.
So then the barrier is stylus usage. Why do we want a stylus? The cold weather, physical and/or mental comfort, or difficulty performing certain tasks with fingers only? I think it would be interesting to correlate finger size, usage of stylus vs. fingers, and most frequently used applications. Maybe there are certain UI elements which are acting as a barrier for people switching from stylus to finger usage? Mine is selecting links on web pages. This person has some suggestions: http://www.videsignline.com/howto/display/209900585 But I suspect developers who are porting desktop applications would have to put in even more customizations for the tablet if it had finger-only input. That is unless Nokia could intelligently hide all the additional overhead, which may not be possible. Igor Stoppa wrote: > On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 06:48 -0700, ext Sarah Newman wrote: >> I am 99.99% certain the internet tablets use resistive touch screens, >> which means this underlying technology cannot do multitouch. > > Yes, it's resistive and resisitive ts have (had) higher resolution than > capacitive ones. > > The iphone doesn't have 800x400 pixels and it is not meant to be used > with a stylus. > _______________________________________________ maemo-developers mailing list maemo-developers@maemo.org https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
