[maemo-developers] Nokia - lost second chance - another multitouch by Apple patented

[From: Sarah Newman]

I would not expect the lower precision of a capacitive touch screen to 
be a barrier for the user if it's a small enough ratio, but you could 
convince me otherwise. 2 or 4x seems doable.

So then the barrier is stylus usage.  Why do we want a stylus?  The cold 
weather, physical and/or mental comfort, or difficulty performing 
certain tasks with fingers only?

I think it would be interesting to correlate finger size, usage of 
stylus vs. fingers, and most frequently used applications.  Maybe there 
are certain UI elements which are acting as a barrier for people 
switching from stylus to finger usage?  Mine is selecting links on web 
pages.  This person has some suggestions:
http://www.videsignline.com/howto/display/209900585

But I suspect developers who are porting desktop applications would have 
to put in even more customizations for the tablet if it had finger-only 
input.  That is unless Nokia could intelligently hide all the additional 
overhead, which may not be possible.

Igor Stoppa wrote:
> On Thu, 2008-09-04 at 06:48 -0700, ext Sarah Newman wrote:
>> I am 99.99% certain the internet tablets use resistive touch screens, 
>> which means this underlying technology cannot do multitouch.
> 
> Yes, it's resistive and resisitive ts have (had) higher resolution than
> capacitive ones.
> 
> The iphone doesn't have 800x400 pixels and it is not meant to be used
> with a stylus.
>