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I support anything that adds choice and features (and hackability) to the n900.

I don't get why this is used as capacitive vs resistive battleground.

You're not losing resistive screen on n900. You're getting the possibility of using capacitive screen on n900.

ps: check out Atmel maxtouch.
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multitouch is quite helpful for gaming, and it does allow for certain interface approaches not possible with single touch
 
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Originally Posted by ysss View Post
I support anything that adds choice and features (and hackability) to the n900.

I don't get why this is used as capacitive vs resistive battleground.

You're not losing resistive screen on n900. You're getting the possibility of using capacitive screen on n900.

ps: check out Atmel maxtouch.
This whole thread is ridiculous as it's doubtful that you'll find a compatible capacitive screen, never mind integrating the chip required to drive the thing into the system which would have to go, at best, on a secondary PCB for which there is almost no space inside the N900.

That and few people are going to have the skill to do it.

tl;dr: you might be able to hack one on, but good luck finding the parts and doing it in a way that isn't totally rickety.
 

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Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
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tl;dr: you might be able to hack one on, but good luck finding the parts and doing it in a way that isn't totally rickety.
I agree, but 2 points: for an hacker nothing is impossible ; "rickety" is not in the vocabulary :-)
 
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I agree, but 2 points: for an hacker nothing is impossible ; "rickety" is not in the vocabulary :-)
Well sure, but the majority of people I see asking for this think it's just some "plug it in and go" update, not the blue-wire solder covered mess that it would truly be.

And by rickety I mean "you wouldn't want to carry it in your pocket anymore," in which case you'd be better off doing it with a Beagleboard.
 

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Do we have access to all hardware features with the current touchscreen driver or is it like with the camera and FCam?
 
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Originally Posted by wmarone View Post
Well sure, but the majority of people I see asking for this think it's just some "plug it in and go" update, not the blue-wire solder covered mess that it would truly be.
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It is rather clear that a "plug it and go" solution is out of discussion. If it would be feasable, it would be only for experts with no scare of damaging the phone.
 
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Originally Posted by ysss View Post
I support anything that adds choice and features (and hackability) to the n900.

I don't get why this is used as capacitive vs resistive battleground.

You're not losing resistive screen on n900. You're getting the possibility of using capacitive screen on n900.

ps: check out Atmel maxtouch.
Yeah, I don't understand it myself either.

Though it'd be pretty pointless considering any developer would only write software for a resistive device (unless he/she also modded their screen). And even with Meego or NITDroid you'd have to find a group of people who also modded their N900s (unless for vanilla Meego you can just grab some multi-touch functionality from another type of image).
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Originally Posted by m0da View Post
Multitouch is a different/simpler method of doing the same action (pinch to zoom is faster/simpler than pressing a button x number of times to find the perfect zoom factor).
Afaics the multitouch is limited by the size of the window that is
displayed (at max the screen size of N900).
Which will also result in using multitouch multiple
times for certain zoom factors.
In that case there is no difference to buttons or other zoom
utilities.
Correct?
 
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