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the "flagship" N97 was released with a resistive screen I had a similar experience working with another company. It was after the iPhone was available. But the
by PhantomGremlin 11y ago
the "flagship" N97 was released with a resistive screen
I had a similar experience working with another company. It was after the iPhone was available. But they still wanted to support a resistive screen in a high end product that wouldn't debut until years later.
I just couldn't believe the cognitive dissonance. Once the iPhone screen appeared, resistive screens were deader than Kurt Cobain. People in the trenches understood it clearly. But somehow top management either didn't get the memo or managed to rationalize it away.
- seba_dos1 11y agoTo this day I strongly prefer N900's resistive screen than any other capacitive screen when it comes to mobile phones. While it's easy to find crappy resistive screens, and in such case capacitive ones clearly win, I definitely wouldn't replace N900's screen with one from iPhone - it'd feel like a downgrade for me.
- PhantomGremlin 11y agoI did a quick search. Apparently the N900 can't handle multi-touch[1], which is a big advantage of capacitive screens. I'd really miss that feature of the iPhone if it were taken away. Presumably the N900 has alternative ways of implementing equivalent features. [1] https://www.starryhope.com/15-ways-nokias-n900-is-better-than-apples-iphone-and-5-ways-its-not/ https://www.starryhope.com/15-ways-nokias-n900-is-better-tha...
- seba_dos1 11y agoYes. Personally I don't really miss it, but it would still be nice to have. However, multitouch resistive screens exist, and even most of the older singletouch ones can simulate basic multitouch gestures like pinching, swiping or rotating (which is what Neo900 wants to do using original N900 digitizer).