I find the ipod touch screen far far more responsive than that of the N900. Never made a selection by mistake on the ipod touch but have done so quite a few times on the N900. Very often it seems my presses are not registered although I think that is more to do with the device being sluggish at times.

And it is not a case of me being used to using the ipod touch screen. I had it for only about two months before I had to sell it off as I couldn't bear to be a commoner any more. So I did not have that much time with the device to be totally used to the different technology. More importantly I had no trouble with the device from day 1 so was not a case of getting use to it. Was just easy and great to use from day 1. In fact I used a resistive screen before capacitive - the N97. Was a nightmare to use and returned it after 3 days. I know the N900's screen is far better than that of the N97 though even though they are both resistive.

The general public are probably also the same which is why the mainstream Maemo Nokia phone will be capacitive. But appreciate that the resistive has some major advantages over capacitive such as being able to select smaller items.