The N1 does have multitouch support at the hardware and API level, and the on-screen keyboard uses this support. The fact that the maps application and browser

The N1 does have multitouch support at the hardware and API level, and the on-screen keyboard uses this support. The fact that the maps application and browser don't support multitouch is probably mostly due to legal issues. [1] Multitouch API added in Android 2.0: http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3323 http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=3323 [2] Multitouch keyboard in Android 2.0 (in section "Android virtual keyboard"): http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.0-highlights.html http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.0-highlights.html