One of the biggest gripes with the G1’s implementation of Android is the lack of the kind of Multitouch interface that makes the iPhone such a joy to use. The Android OS supports multitouch, so this must just be down to the hardware that HTC used in the G1, right? Right?
Well, apparently not. Android hacker RyeBrye has been fiddling with the drivers for the Synaptics ClearTouch touchscreen used by the G1 and says that it supports multitouch with just a few tweaks and a recompile. The decision to drop multitouch support may have been based on HTC being able to switch to a cheaper/more basic touchscreen at a later date, but it does seem a bit of a daft move.
To prove the point, RyeBrye has put together this youtube clip. Watch, and be amazed…
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