ijeffM to [email protected]English • 10 months agoDon't waste your money on an awful Android tablet on Black Friday9to5google.comexternal-linkmessage-square130fedilinkarrow-up1475arrow-down116
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minus-square@seaQueuelinkEnglish8•10 months 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•10 months agoTakes me back to the days of the Palm Pilot.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•10 months agoresistive touch should never be used for phones, tablets, laptops, car entertainment systems and e-ink tablets
minus-square@seaQueuelinkEnglish1•10 months 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•10 months agoOf course, I just didn’t think Android would support them. Haven’t seen a single resistive touch Android device before.
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.