ijeffM to [email protected]English • 1 year agoDon't waste your money on an awful Android tablet on Black Friday9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1475arrow-down116
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minus-squareSquare SingerlinkfedilinkEnglish4•1 year agoThe article mentions tablets with resistive touch. Is that really a thing? I thought, Android only supported capacitative touch. Resistive touch would mean no multitouch and thus no two-finger gestures.
minus-square@seaQueuelinkEnglish8•1 year agoCheap resistive touch tablets have been a thing for a while. Don’t bother, they’re awful compared to capacitive.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoTakes me back to the days of the Palm Pilot.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•1 year agoresistive touch should never be used for phones, tablets, laptops, car entertainment systems and e-ink tablets
minus-square@seaQueuelinkEnglish1•1 year agoIt has a place on ruggedized devices. Resistive allows the use of an all plastic screen but only really works well with stylus input. Think lower screen on a Nintendo DS/3DS and you’ve got an idea of resistives’ usability limitations.
minus-squareSquare SingerlinkfedilinkEnglish1•1 year agoOf course, I just didn’t think Android would support them. Haven’t seen a single resistive touch Android device before.
The article mentions tablets with resistive touch.
Is that really a thing? I thought, Android only supported capacitative touch.
Resistive touch would mean no multitouch and thus no two-finger gestures.
Cheap resistive touch tablets have been a thing for a while. Don’t bother, they’re awful compared to capacitive.
Takes me back to the days of the Palm Pilot.
resistive touch should never be used for phones, tablets, laptops, car entertainment systems and e-ink tablets
It has a place on ruggedized devices. Resistive allows the use of an all plastic screen but only really works well with stylus input. Think lower screen on a Nintendo DS/3DS and you’ve got an idea of resistives’ usability limitations.
Of course, I just didn’t think Android would support them. Haven’t seen a single resistive touch Android device before.