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[tonybro]

Yes, the T-Mobile Pulse Mini is an Android, cheap and cheerful, device with a Resistive screen. Only available from them and don't know if it was available outside UK. I also think its coming to an end shortly (why are device life-cycles so short now?)

[fowljr]

I think it was the T-mobile Pulse Mini Bassey!

[gerryjoson]

fowljr, on 27 September 2010 - 07:48 AM, said:

I've got to admit I agree with you GerryJoson, I'm finding the capacitive screen on the Milestone more of a hinderance. I find it difficult to hit the right part of the screen, and sliding to answer a call always presents me with a challenge!!

I thought I was the only one    

johnston411, on 27 September 2010 - 08:02 AM, said:

Hi Gerry. glad you found it interesting.

I think capacitive screens should only be used on devices with screens the size of an iphone and above as otherwise it becomes more of a nuisance as fowljr says.

Also for folk, such as one of my fellow ,ods here, who wear gloves a lot of the time capacitive is useless.

Roll on the day when you can get resistive multi-touch (if that's even possible)

@daron slipped my mind that you'd had a streak. what were it's plusses and minuses for you?

I find it a nuisance on iphone sized models as well, unless you pick a model with a hardware keyboard, basically 3/4 of the screen real estate is gone with the massive finger keyboards that I still can't type accurately with.
Sketches and written notes are a very big part of my usage, I'm not really sure how asian markets get along with capacitive screens and their written text conversion, maybe they mostly have smallish fingers, but from every demo I've seen, the capacitive screen just doesn't seem capable of anything like accuracy unless writing one word on the screen is somehow acceptable to the user.

multitouch resistive screens exist from a company called Stantum



I guess until the iphone gets this tech, it won't become popular with any other platform

Bassey, on 27 September 2010 - 09:20 AM, said:

Hi gerryjoson.  I'm with you on the resistive screens and I think there is one on PAYG.  I'm not in a position to check at the moment but I think it was a T-Mobile device.

I import most of my pocket pc's anyway, if it had a bigger screen with vga/wvga and wasn't running qualcomm 72xx snail hardware, I'd be into it, no biggie, I'll just wait until something changes with the current capacitive obsession, or they get more accurate

[Boz]

A great editorial johnston411 and one of great interest to me.

Customisation IS the name of the game for me, and always has been since the inception of Windows Mobile. Now that WM is on its way out (regretfully), I have turned my attention to Android to fulfill my needs, which it does very well indeed in my view, and without the associated occasional lock ups and resets we were accustomed to using WM.

I enjoy the tinkering involved, and in my view customisation is a personal thing, but having the phone set up for your own needs makes it so much more convenient to use on a day to day basis, with only a tap or a flick of the screen required to gain access to your most used applications.

There is also of course the fact that once customised the phone then becomes unique to you, and the only feature your phone has in common with other similar devices is the operating system itself.

Hence the iPhone is a no go for me for all the above reasons, and the new Windows Phone 7 devices could be a no go for me too if they are locked down and I can't play, I would get bored too easily!

[johnston411]

i definitely agree that the uniqueness is key. i love having the flexibility to have my most used functions at the touch or swipe of the screen. The weather there in full view customized to my needs etc.

sbsettings for ios is one of the best tools i have used on any device as it opens up a whole bunch of customizeable toggles for things by swiping the top of the screen and is my must have app for ios.

a similar tool for android is quick settings which sits in the notification bar.

alleviates going in and out of menus to turn wifi on and off etc and saves on lots of screen tapping