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#55
Originally Posted by glabifrons View Post
Before anyone goes off on "but it's not confirmed", my response is directed to the below quoted comments.



I am of the exact opposite opinion.
I find using the finger interface imprecise and awkward... I'd much rather use the stylus.

While I don't have sausage-fingers, my fingers are no-where near dainty enough to be able to even unlock the screen on the 1st try (ever). I almost have to use the stylus for that.

Also, my fingers are MUCH bigger than the stylus... I can't imagine playing any games with my finger blocking 10%+ of the screen.
How could you possibly play any tablet-oriented games like breakout or Numpty-Physics with your finger? (even the stylus isn't precise enough sometimes)

And you even mentioned web browsing... perfect example.
THIS SITE's front page is impossible to navigate with fingers even when zoomed! The stylus is barely precise enough to click the posting links from the front page.

Do you seriously use your fingers _only_ on the tablet? (or was this just a troll?)
One of the biggest reasons why it's so difficult to use your finger to navigate web links is the resistive touch screen. Resistive touch screens are crap when used with a finger. I have both a N810 and an iPod touch and when selecting, for example, "page 5" on a thread on ITT, I can use the capacitive screen on the iPod with a finger about as accurately as the stylus on the N810, without zooming way in on either device.

I will be quite disappointed if Nokia decides to drop the stylus but keep a resistive screen as that would just about kill the usability of the device even with an overhauled UI. They either need to keep the stylus (which, given some of the arguments given, I believe they will), or switch to projection capacitive.
 

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