I generally turn multi-touch and “tapping” off on any laptop touch pad that I am using. Even on a phone or tablet it often gets in the way and causes unusual behavior. You turn off multi-touch and tapping? That is not an option; it is built-in to the operating system and the device will not work without them. You obviously do not use what you are complaining about. . . You do make it up as you go along. . . a fact I have long suspected as you post your Idiocy in these replies. FACTS MEAN NOTHING TO YOU.
The multi-touch pads of Fingerworks TouchStream were not screens, fireman15, much to your surprise, as you thought they were. They were PADS to be used with desktop monitors. Do you see a screen on this TouchStream product? I certainly do not.
You go and Google things you just do not know anything about, certain I don't know what I am talking about and you'll stun me with your facturds. But you fail every time because I already know the history you don't know but think you are going to reveal with a flourish. You're just throwing anything you can think of against the wall, hoping it will stick, but I know one hell of a lot more about these facts than you do. . . and it won't work. Apple OWNS this technology and invented the way to combine this on a transparent overlaid capacitance on an LCD screen. That did NOT exist prior to Apple inventing it. . . and patenting it.
Your completely specious claim that resistance screens, which require a physical pressure to make a contact are more accurate than an electronic jump of an arc across an electrolytic barrier is ridiculous. If what you claim is true, where are all the oh-so-accurate resistance screens today? They are in the dustbin of technological history, replaced by the far better technology of capacitance grid screens which can now measure even the degree of pressure being applied.
Sprint was acting as a piggy-back carrier that rode on the back of Verizon's 3G network especially in the Western States. They leased much of their 3G bandwidth from Verizon by reciprocal roaming agreements.
Maps of 3G coverage circa 2008:
Oh, my your SPRINT 3G roll-out was far behind Verizon, I'd say less than one third of Verizon's coverage . . . which you claim was far ahead of Verizon way back before 2006. So much for your made-up claims. AT&T was admittedly behind everyone else but that was because they were expending their assets putting Ma Bell back together again. However, Sprint was able to leverage their agreements with Verizon all the way through 2016.
You turn off multi-touch and tapping? That is not an option; it is built-in to the operating system and the device will not work without them. You obviously do not use what you are complaining about. . . You do make it up as you go along. . . a fact I have long suspected as you post your Idiocy in these replies. FACTS MEAN NOTHING TO YOU. No... LOL!!! Changing the behavior of your input device is not a function the OS; it is a function of the input device's driver. I do have a laptop that I cannot turn off tapping or zooming because it has only a poorly written driver available... when I can I use a Bluetooth mouse with it. Fortunately on my primary laptops these “features” can be turned off. I don't expect you to have the ability to understand the way that this works or how it is done since you use only Apple products.
The multi-touch pads of Fingerworks TouchStream were not screens, fireman15, much to your surprise, as you thought they were. They were PADS to be used with desktop monitors.
Once again, LOL!!! Because you appear to only use Apple products you seem to have a very limited understanding of the way that separate components work together on your device. The multi-touch sensor on your I-phone is a separate component from the screen even if to you they seem like they are one component.
The first I-phone was a less capable device than many other cell phones that were already available when it came out. Most Apple devices are not the most powerful devices available when they come out. Apple is not and has never been a technological leader; Apple is a marketing leader.
Devices evolve over time. Cell phones that came with touch screens, cameras and could play music and videos already existed. Apple tweaked a few of the features and marketed the hell out of their new phone. The options available to users on Apple's creation were intentionally limited compared to other devices already available to make it easier for people to use. It wasn't more powerful or more capable than previous devices... it had a nicer screen and a newer style touch input device and was thinner. If those changes sound revolutionary to you as opposed to evolutionary... then you are displaying only your lack of understanding.
First you claimed that 3G wasn't available basically anywhere when the first I-phone came out... so it wasn't needed. Then you produced a coverage map that shows it was available basically everywhere in the country at that time through Verizon. “My claim” is that my device was able to pull in a good strong 3G signal where we live when I first purchased it. I also mentioned that my brother was a pilot who used a Verizon 3G Dongle and got a good strong signal all over the country. As far as who was leading who with their 3G roll-outs we can agree that AT&T was far behind, but Sprint did lead Verizon with the introduction of a 3G Capable Smart Phone. And yes unlike GMA providers the two CDMA carriers have partnered in many cases to improve both of their customers experiences.
The fact that Apple chose to partner with the least technologically advanced cell provider and thus chose to give their customers the worst possible access to a fast internet connection while on the road speaks volumes about the way they viewed the capabilities of their new device. It was intended to be a popular toy not a business tool.
The I-phone’s huge marketing success obviously influenced the direction of cell phone designers going forward. But have you ever looked at the automobiles? My wife and I restore vintage automobiles... you can guess the time period that most vintage automobiles came from by glancing at their exterior appearance. It is the same with houses and clothes and of course cell phones. We started out with a car phone, then went to a bag phone, then a large cell phone, then smaller and smaller cell phones, flip phones, and then on to smart phones. And then the smart phones started becoming more powerful with screens that started getting larger, while at the same time getting thinner. That is called evolution of design and Apple was part of that evolution.
Unless you live in a vacuum as part of some weird cult everyone’s choices are influenced by current trends. The disturbing development with Apple is the way that they have used questionable strong arm legal tactics in an unprecedented way to stifle their competition. To deny that this is what they have been up to is tantamount to living in an alternate reality.