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Engadget: GSM DROID with multitouch pinch-to-zoom demoed on video
Gizmodo: GSM Motorola Droid (aka Milestone) Gets Multi-Touch Support!? [Droid]
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Eldar from mobile-review makes some slic mobile videos, this time its the moto Droid http://bit.ly/2EkfnQ #motodroidpreview #cellphones 11/2/2009 |
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aaaah - this is better: http://bit.ly/3hiimG 11/2/2009 |
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Motorola MILESTONE (aka GSM DROID) adds multitouch [Video] - SlashGear http://is.gd/4L8UE 11/2/2009 |
GSM DROID with multitouch pinch-to-zoom demoed on video
Engadget —
... in Europe, has multitouch built-in to the UI. For reasons we can only assume have something to do with an unspoken intellectual property agreement between Google and Apple, the US version of the user interface lacks multi-touch features like pinch-to-zoom even though the underlying 2.0 OS supports multitouch events. However, the video of a GSM DROID headed to Europe clearly shows this feature at the 3 minute mark. No really, see for yourselves after the break.
[Via SlashGear] Continue reading GSM DROID with multitouch pinch-to-zoom demoed on video ...
GSM Motorola Droid (aka Milestone) Gets Multi-Touch Support!? [Droid]
Gizmodo —
... that the GSM version of the Motorola Droid will support multi-touch gestures like pinch-zoom. The U.S version doesn't do multi-touch, even though Android 2.0 supports it, so what gives? Maybe it goes back to the whole multi-touch patent issue with Apple, I don't know. If it turns out the Milestone does indeed have multi-touch when it arrives on November 9, hopefully some sort of patch hack will make its way State-side. [Mobile-Review (translated) via SlashGear]
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Motorota DROID será multitáctil en Europa
Gizmologia —
... Aquellos usuarios que tengan en mente comprar el nuevo Motorota DROID (que en Estados Unidos será el celular que utilice la tecnología Google Maps Navigation) tendrán una característica que el resto de los usuarios no poseerán: erá multitáctil. ...
Droid Heads to Europe — Picks up Multitouch on the Way
jkOnTheRun —
... to provide pinch and zoom in the photo app and web browser. Android 2.0 does support multitouch, as can the Droid hardware, so the lack of pinch and zoom seems to be a conscious decision on someone’s part. The GSM version of the Droid, dubbed the Milestone, has gained multitouch in both the photo gallery app and the web browser. Could there be multitouch hope for the U.S. version on Verizon?
(via Slashgear) ...
GSM Droid Milestone Cell Phone Video: Built-in Multi-touch
Phones Review —
... which is great news.
Below you can watch the video, we have mentioned about this a little earlier which you can read about here but we forgot to mention about the Droid Milestone GSM version features Multi-touch.
The U.S version Droid lacks the multi-touch features like pinch-to-zoom even though we know 2.0 OS supports multi-touch events, we will keep you updated about anything to do with DROID, please watch the video below and see for yourselves.
Source = SlashGear via Engadget ...
Nokia scraps N-Gage, Motorola Droid becomes Milestone in Europe, and Bell to get Omnia II exclusive
PHONE Magazine —
... The slick Motorola DROID is making big waves in the US with some saying the device is the best Android phone yet. The DROID is set to hit Europe with a new name called MILESTONE later this month. The device will sport multitouch and Android 2.0 though some reports have the MILESTONE lacking the cool Google Maps Navigation feature the DROID offers in the states. ...
Le Motorola Milestone sera multi-touch
Le Journal du Geek —
Étonnant ça : la version Européenne du Motorola Droid, nommée Milestone, supportera, à contrario du Droid donc, le multi-touch. Une évidence étant donné qu’Android 2.0 supporte la technologie multi-touch. Et une déception du coup pour les Américains qui devront se contenter d’un écran tactile basique…
via slashgear
Motorola Milestone Available in Germany and Italy Soon
MobileNewz —
... mutitouch support, while the U.S. version of Motorola Droid not enabled on this.
You can use the multi-touch for zooming into web browsers and photo viewer. Secondly, the Google Maps navigation is not supported in Motorola milestone. Motorola will pre-install their own software for MOTONAVE turn-by-turn navigation, and it is only for 60-day trial version available. You can expect the official announcement of Motorola see milestone soon.
via gsmarena and slashgear
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Motorola Milestone Available in Germany and Italy Soon
Gadgets Network —
... You can use the multitouch for zooming in web browser and photo viewer. Secondly the Google Maps Navigation will not be supported in Motorola Milestone. Motorola will pre-install its own MOTONAV software for turn-by-turn navigation and it will only be available for 60-days trial. You can expect to see the official Motorola Milestone announcement soon. Mean while check out the hands on video by Eldar Murtazin below Click here to view the embedded video. [via gsmarena / slashgear ] [image] Read Original Post Here Comments:
Giz Explains: Android, and How It Will Take Over the World [Giz Explains]
Gizmodo —
... , but technically speaking, it's not a part of Android. It's just part of an app made by Google for Android, and that'll ship with most Android handsets. Except for in countries where Google doesn't have their mapping data quite together enough, where it won't. That's what's happening with the Euro Droid, which, by the way, does have multitouch in its browser, like the Hero. That's why the distinction matters. ...
