It's a non-issue.

Devil-typical FUD aside, resistive screens can and have been "good enough" for responsive touch UIs for a long time. I remember my Visor Deluxe being a bit nonresponsive now and then, but this ain't 1999 and it ain't only geeks with hip-holstered PDAs running around with touch screens anymore. All three PDAs i've had since then (Handera 330, Palm T3, Zaurus SL-C860) have been good enough. Furthermore, they all worked with stylus input, and for my uses, that's priceless.

To each his own, obviously. I use the Zaurus almost every day in the lab via both gloved hand and stylus input, recording data and making calculations with a spreadsheet. It's a real workhorse, and doesn't get in the way of doing what i want it to. I doubt most iPreppies would be caught dead in the lab environment i work in, with or without their status symbols, but to claim resistive touchscreens aren't up to the job of being a responsive UI is just ridiculous.

The UI should enable your uses, not limit them. If anything, capacitive as it is currently implemented is the dealbreaker. It's inherently more limited. But for most people, as i said at the beginning, the differences amount to being a non-issue.