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attila77	2010-03-25 , 14:05
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Originally Posted by Bratag

Yeah thats not so much true. Multi touch is possible on the N900 (and previous maemo devices) and in fact there are several videos showing POC demos. The support for multi touch however has been waiting on the new Qt platform (4.6 +) and should be entirely possible with Meego even on the N900.

TBH Qt4.6 does not support the 'resistive' type of multitouch, nor do I really relieve multitouch on the N900 will ever be as good as to be a viable alternative to the multitouch action of a capacitive display. Of course whether/why multitouch is necessary at all is a different issue.

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