February 2, 2010
Multi-touch on the Nexus One
If you aren't necessarily very techie, the title may sound off to you. Here's an explanation:
- Multi-touch is a phrase that describes how a human can interact with a touch sensitive computer, like an iPhone. It allows a user to use more than one finger at a time to manipulate what you see on the screen. For example, multi-touch allows iPhone users to pinch-to-zoom on a photo.
- Nexus One is the latest phone powered by Google's mobile operating system, Android. I bought one last month.
The rumor has landed this afternoon that Google is releasing an update to Android on the Nexus One that will allow for the same type of multi-touch interaction as the iPhone. It'll be restricted to the browser, photo gallery, and maps, but it's not very necessary elsewhere on the phone.
I'm pretty excited about this update and you should be, too. It's one less thing Apple fans have to gripe about the Android mobile OS.
