T-Mobile G1 multi-touch demonstrated in video

[talkbackdroid]

Just the other day we reported that two finger presses were recorded on the T-mobile G1, by a user that goes by the name RyeBrye. Well he decided to make a video to prove his findings for us. The video very clearly shows the two separate traces at th... Read more


[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSBYqmWVqeM"]YouTube - T-mobile G1 multitouch proof of concept video (by RyeBrye)[/ame]

[Jorsher]

Ooh, even through in some Pink Floyd

[embrace LB]

THREAD IS OLD. already been discussed.

[Jorsher]

Originally Posted by embrace LB

THREAD IS OLD. already been discussed.

Did it have the video?

[android17]

lol the iphone fanboys are going to be pissed when they see this!

[gcode247]

were did he get that shiny black g1 from

oh 4got screen protecter

[hbthemik]

yup i got bestskinsever on and it looks pretty identical to mine..

[Seraphic]

I'm still not sold by the video. It doesn't look that different to capacative averaging that works on non-multitouch displays. To be honest, if you see how unresponsive certains parts are, I'd say it shows that its not properly supported at hardware level.

[Ryan Gardner]

Originally Posted by Seraphic

I'm still not sold by the video. It doesn't look that different to capacative averaging that works on non-multitouch displays. To be honest, if you see how unresponsive certains parts are, I'd say it shows that its not properly supported at hardware level.

The reason it is not smooth is because of how this is hacked together. The most recent touchscreen event buffer is being written to /dev/tsout on my device. I have a thread in the java program constantly polling that looking for data - but the likelihood of the thread always polling it at the right time to get the touch data is pretty low - and it probably drops most of the touch events.

Regarding the hardware level... That was already proven unequivocally by the debug logs which were posted last week - the hardware without any doubts supports and does track multiple fingers.

If anything, the fact that such a crude and rough hack works at all shows a lot of potential for what can be done once the proper support is put in place.

Also, please refrain from making up terms like "capacitive averaging" in an attempt to justify your skepticism.

[DesignDawg]

Originally Posted by Ryan Gardner

Also, please refrain from making up terms like "capacitive averaging" in an attempt to justify your skepticism.

Literally LOL at that line. Hilarious. I like you, Ryan. Welcome to AC.