Google Nexus One Software Updated to Offer 'Pinch-to-Zoom' Multi-Touch Capabilities
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It does not.
Here is a link to a video of Jeff Han doing a presentation of multi-touch interface in 2006. So if someone is going to be granted a patent on multi-touch it will not be Apple.
Here is a link to a video of Jeff Han doing a presentation of multi-touch interface in 2006. So if someone is going to be granted a patent on multi-touch it will not be Apple.
Which was one of many reasons I recently dumped my Hero for a 3GS, for all the talk of Android being an amazing platform it still has many many drawbacks which are barely mentioned.
gettysburg11s
macrumors newbie
Why did they not have this to begin with?
This is a good development, but why not have the capability to begin with? I'll never understand why companies purposely withhold great capability from their devices. I know why though. Money. Apple does it all the time, and apparently Google does too. Unbelievable.
This is a good development, but why not have the capability to begin with? I'll never understand why companies purposely withhold great capability from their devices. I know why though. Money. Apple does it all the time, and apparently Google does too. Unbelievable.
PowerMacBook
macrumors regular
Indeed. Don't get fooled neither by Google, nor by Apple.
Not having copy-paste was more than ridiculous, and not having pinch-zoom on a touch OS as well.
Are you sure about that? Screen size and resolution alone make a big difference (in favor of Droid and Nexus) even compared to iPhone 3GS
WhySoSerious
macrumors 65816
didn't all you apple fanboy's get SOOOO excited when the iphone finally got MMS and copy/paste.....things that have been on other phones forEVER!!!
Ambrose Chapel
macrumors 65816
and IIRC, Jobs also said "and we'll defend them..." i guess whatever patents apple does have are vague enough to keep them from taking action.
Flavioparentiq
macrumors regular
Actually I find this war to be a crazy opportunity for stocks. I bought same amount of stocks from apple and google. I'll wait a couple of years, and I'm pretty sure things will go pretty high if that's the start. Can't wait for the ipad launch, chromium launch, new iphone, google app store, new ipad apps developped.. wow, great things are waiting for us to be discovered
blackcrayon
macrumors 68020
The faster CPU in the Nexus One looks like it finally improves on some of the responsiveness of Android. Am I the only one who's tried a Droid (for example) and it feels like the touch gestures are sort of "asking the OS to do something" while on the iPhone 3GS it feels more like i'm moving or resizing an actual object? In its defense the Droid has a lot more pixels to push around while doing it... So maybe the cpu in the Nexus One is enough to make it nearly "smooth."
WhySoSerious
macrumors 65816
again, what's with the fanboy comments? people making fun of google because they just now included something that came out in 2007.......yet, correct me if i'm wrong, but didn't the iphone just get MMS and copy/paste.....things that were around since 2001??
ya, way to stick it to google fanboy.
The Nexus One has had multitouch/pinch-zoom from the beginning. The only thing was the Google apps themselves didn't have it. There have been apps in the Android market like the Dolphin Browser which has had pinch-zoom/MT already.
Google Navigation says hi.
rhett7660
macrumors G5
And didn't the non apple fanboys laugh that it didn't. Goes both ways thank you.
Take this from a guy who is posting from a droid right now - the browsing experience of the iphone has set a high standard for android. Neglecting speed factors, id say that apple has a very high advantage.
Like others have said, competition is good. Now that google is giving android phones multi touch I'm sure apple will come up with an even better idea.
Do I like my droid? Yes.
Do I like verizon? Yes.
Do I like the iphone? Yes.
Then why did I buy a droid?
Simple - multitasking and aps that have tha ability to access system tools.
Give that to the iphone and put it on verizon and id buy one in a heartbeat.
Like others have said, competition is good. Now that google is giving android phones multi touch I'm sure apple will come up with an even better idea.
Do I like my droid? Yes.
Do I like verizon? Yes.
Do I like the iphone? Yes.
Then why did I buy a droid?
Simple - multitasking and aps that have tha ability to access system tools.
Give that to the iphone and put it on verizon and id buy one in a heartbeat.
iDisk
macrumors 6502a
Again... totally different... Apple's way to push away MMS on the 1st iPhone failed (they were hoping users used emailed) but the customers apple were targeting weren't as open to that idea as I was and many others so Apple had to work on a messaging client.
Other flip qwerty keyboard phones did have MMS but terrible versions of MMS. The iPhone again was the 1st Full Touch device and thus apple had to work on a seamless way of making it all just work..... How many phones today can you edit video and audio clips with???? hmmmmm let me guess NONE!...... except for the iPhone.
iDisk
macrumors 6502a
Apple did acquire a Maps company last year.... So soon I'll say "Google Navigation goodbye"
In 2007 Steve also said that anybody can do the Google UI in maps but it was the back-end that apple had difficulty with. They now don't have that difficulty anymore after their acquisition of Placebase
Stella
macrumors G3
You can edit videos on Nokia N97.
Anyway, wouldn't it be far easier to edit videos on a PC rather than a phone? More practical.
After having Mr. Google on Apple's board for a while, it's not surprising to see the new evil ones riding on the company's R&D...the Nexus is IRRELEVANT, of course, but anyway...bad, Schmidt, very bad.
robfromabove
macrumors regular
From the video it doesn't appear to be nearly as responsive as with the iPhone. But that's just me.
dgree03
macrumors 65816
N900, Nexus(Via Apps), Omnia for newer phones..
Older N90, N91, N93... that is what I can remember
Glideslope
macrumors G3
dgree03
macrumors 65816
Apple did acquire a Maps company last year.... So soon I'll say "Google Navigation goodbye"
In 2007 Steve also said that anybody can do the Google UI in maps but it was the back-end that apple had difficulty with. They now don't have that difficulty anymore after their acquisition of Placebase
SO where is this map app? Seem like the ipad still have google maps on it... WITHOUT navigation... but theres an app for that... starting at about 69.99 AFAIK lol
iDisk
macrumors 6502a
Phone editing is just a simple scrub and shuffle, nobody is trying to do FCP or FCE on a iPhone..... Apple has achieved the simplicity of what video editing is on a smartphone device....
Nokia N97??? was that their revenue this year??? $97 lol
ohhh yeah N stands for Neglected...Nokia Neglected their devices since 97
dgree03
macrumors 65816
Phone editing is just a simple scrub and shuffle, nobody is trying to do FCP or FCE on a iPhone..... Apple has achieved the simplicity of what video editing is on a smartphone device....
Nokia N97??? was that their revenue this year??? $97 lol
ohhh yeah N stands for Neglected...Nokia Neglected their devices since 97
Dude are you 12? My 2006 Nokia N95 could multitask and had a 5mp camera, send FULL SIZE mms, cut and paste etc.... lol and you standing the iphone up on some pedistal?? It didnt get that stuff until what some it still doesnt have and the other MAY come this year...
iDisk
macrumors 6502a
Okay I see the list, but these are FULLY TOUCH DEVICES are they?
Apple just acquired them last year buddy, development on something you've never done before on the back end takes some time, not to mention adding useful features that will best the competition (so users will have a reason to really choose yours over others).... Apple acquired PA Semi and this year just rolled out their own chips. This stuff takes time. I never said any time frame, but If I had to guess, 2011.
Apple is still hiring for Map developers on their website.