GTA03 Touchscreen Capacitive (was Re: OT: iPhone howto)

[GNUtoo]

> On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 02:03:13PM +0700, Sean McNeil wrote:
>> Matthias Apitz wrote:
>> > El día Wednesday, February 25, 2009 a las 06:36:31PM +0100, Yorick
>> Moko escribió:
>> >
>> >
>> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen#Resistive
>> >> vs
>> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Touchscreen#Capacitive
>> >>
>> >
>> > Thanks;
>> >
>> > But: Do we really want a GTA03 which can't be managed with a stylus
>> pen?
>> > I can't imagine a 'Terminal' like keyboard (i.e. one having all keys
>> > like the actual Om2008.9 'Terminal', including Shift, SHift-Lock, ...)
>> > and using it with my finger tips; how should this work? Where this
>> idea,
>> > GTA03 with Capacitive, comes from? :-((
>> >
>> > 	matthias
>> >
>>
>> What do you mean? You can get a stylus that works with capacitive touch
>> screens:
>>
>> http://songtak.manufacturer.globalsources.com/si/6008826112271/pdtl/PDA-styli/1006246576/Touch-Pen.htm
>
> You call that a stylus????? Scroll a little further down the page for
> some _real_ stylus examples. :)
>
> That thing is HUGE and uneeded. If you need something just as big, then
> you're ok with using the finger (unless you sweat a lot).
>
>> Just about all phone manufacturers are going to capacitive screens as
>> they virtually eliminate accidental touches in something like a purse or
>> pocket.
>
> They also eliminate precision.
That is a problem for some applications...for instances existing games:
how would you be able to play to wesnoth? not with accelerometers...
what about scummvm? same problem...