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improving screen sensivity

Hello everybody,
hope that you all had a fantastic Chrismas and Father Christmas bought everybody the gift that you desiered.
I would like to known has anybody tried or have improvaed the sensivity of the screen on the X7510.
Want I would like to do is to make the screen more sensetive to the touch of a finger luike on the Iphone.
Is this possible or not.
Thank
Gigino

Is your screen protector too thick? My 7501 is very sensitive to touch.

You will never alter the sensitivity of the x7510 to come anything close to the iPhone's, since the iphone's screen is 'capacitive', whilst the x7510 screen is 'resistive' (Meaning it has a touchscreen layer above an LCD panel that offers resistance to determine onscreen gestures). This is common to ALL Windows Mobile Professional devices - even the very latest ones - mainly because Windows Mobile does not support capacitive screens, but in part also because Windows insist on sticking with stylus-dependent input methods which are of little interest to the mass consumer. like handwriting recognition.
We should thank HTC for keeping Windows Mobile alive to the mass consumer with its out-of-box improvement to the tired old Windows standards.
Currently the only phones to include capacitive screens are the Blackberry Storm, T-Mobile G1 and Apple iPhone.

However, you can improve the sensitivity by downloading Advanced Config, and going into HTC TouchFlo, and increasing the Finger Pressure Threshold, which makes it a lot more responsive.

Do you think with WM7..

we will finally see capacitive touch screen on a windows phone?

probably, just depends on the interface, if someone can save money making a PDA but not adding it they will, if the UI is significantly better with it then they will put it in. you will just have to wait and see

Honestly, I'm not sure but if I had to make a guess, I would say yes. They already have a prototype Texas Instruments device running WM 6.5 with a capacitive touch screen, but with the new multitouch, prototype resistive screen at MWC 2009, I think it's a tossup whether capacitive screens will make it big with WM. I think so, but I think that the multitouch resistive screen will phase out the capacitive screens over time, simply because of their lower price. That's my opinion anyway.
Dave

Earlier I though we would finally see it implemented properly with WM7 but recently Steve Balmy made some stupid statements against capacitive touch screens and how it increases cost of the phone.
So now i have a doubt.

Recommend me a good stylus phone

Two things you can't do easily with capacitative touch screen phones:
1: Accurate image editing / use of painting apps
2: Accurate VNC control of remote desktop machines
I've tried a capacitative screen phone with an aftermarket stylus / swab thing -
not so good..
Is there a good WinMo / Droid phone out there with a nice big resistive screen
and an accurate stylus?
Thanks if you have any tips!

Touch HD (blackstone) is a great resistive screen WinMo phone.
Good battery life too considering it's size.

I think the HTC Tattoo is the only resistive Android phone.

Easily the best would be the Xperia X1.

You could always get a N900 and put Android or Windows on it

i have to agree with .. xaccers..
...Touch HD (blackstone)..!!!
the big plus, is that with the big , hd screen, you can
"tweak " and customize it, that it is very.. very finger friendly..!!!!!!
i always have to decide which, is my better option ,
finger or the phone stylus ...?
good luck
willcor

Thanks folks, these all sound like good possibilities.
I think the HTC touch HD sounds like the best option - if I can still find one.
I guess I am a vintage handset enthusiast
The N900 sounds good too but I'm doubtful
I could get Android or windows(!?) on it easily

I think Fly-Ying F003 is good.It's a copy of iphone.But the price is much lower than iphone.I have bought one from everbuying.com.It used well.

I passed on the "Fly-Ying F003" and bought an HTC Blackstone in the end.
All the features I was looking for + 3.5mm headphone socket, which Is
essential for me!
Thanks again for the recommendations.

topher said:
I passed on the "Fly-Ying F003" and bought an HTC Blackstone in the end.
All the features I was looking for + 3.5mm headphone socket, which Is
essential for me!
Thanks again for the recommendations.
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the most of you requests are met.I'm very like it.so recommand to you .

Thoughts on the Transformer's touch screen

What's up guys,
So I'm another potential buyer of the Transformer and I was wondering about the touch screen's responsiveness.
I used to have a Viewsonice Gtab and my brother had an iPad.
Anyway we were both using the Sketch book mobile app side by side
and the iPad was noticeably more responsive.
It was so responsive that there was almost no difference between drawing on it and drawing on a piece of paper.
1. How does the Transformer's touch screen feel?
2. What's drawing with a stylus like?
(For sake of discussion, pretend we have a perfect stylus)
3.How responsive is it just browsing through apps, and the launcher?
(Again assuming we use a perfect launcher and there is not other lag)

Pretty damn responsive. I have a rocketfish stylus and it works nicely in Sketchbook. The iPad uses a different type of glass (not gorrila) that is really smooth. That smoothness comes with the price of the glass being easy to break. My dog has jumped onto my TF and ran across it and there are no stratches. I've dropped it and still no cracks. Let the iPad fall and land on one of its corners, and that screen will web like crazy.

Responsiveness has nothing to do with the hardware of the touch screen. It's all about the OS and software you're running. You could have the nicest capacitive touch screen on the planet and still suffer from input lag if the software is poorly optimized.
That said, the touch screen hardware in the Transformer is indistinguishable from that of an iPad. Any difference that you would "feel" in the responsiveness is subjective and based solely upon how well the apps and OS are utilizing the hardware. Always make sure you're running the latest firmware, and if apps like SketchBook are causing problems for you then you need to take it up with the developers.

Well, I think the transformer has a great TS. I've used several devices with touchscreen before, but this is the best, for now. It seems it's really scratch resistant glass, the only problem is without backlight I see all of my fingerprints

Cool, thanks for the responsiveness. (tee hee)
As far as touch screens go most all android devices are superb. I agree software plays a big part, but it can not overcome design flaws within hardware.
For example I remember the N1 had real multi-touch flaws. And all the Dev'ing the world could not correct it.
I just wanted to be sure the TF has a quality screen.

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Responsiveness has nothing to do with the hardware of the touch screen. It's all about the OS and software you're running. You could have the nicest capacitive touch screen on the planet and still suffer from input lag if the software is poorly optimized.
That said, the touch screen hardware in the Transformer is indistinguishable from that of an iPad. Any difference that you would "feel" in the responsiveness is subjective and based solely upon how well the apps and OS are utilizing the hardware. Always make sure you're running the latest firmware, and if apps like SketchBook are causing problems for you then you need to take it up with the developers.
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True, but my TF screen compared to the iPad 2 screens that I have used feels a little less smooth. Sometimes when I'm swiping, there is a little tug. Very small, but it is still there, which I haven't felt on the iPad 2. (not bashing the TF, I love mine more than any iPad)

[Q] Augmentative and alternative communication?

I have come to the experts because with all the sales that are appearing I need some direction in order to make the wisest choice. I need two tablets (I will not buy from that fruit company) and can't go buying a bunch of different devices to try. I mainly intend to use a tablet as an Augmentative and Alternative Communication Device for my autistic sons. Most of the APPS for what I am trying to do use smallish mostly cartoon-like (but sometimes real pics of things) icons that turn a touch choice into speech. Screen resolution does not have to be the greatest but don't want fuzzy either. Reaction to touch is important (don't want something that one touch does a bunch of repeating or selects the wrong thing). Sound is important as the whole purpose is for them to communicate with others. Durability would be great but is not in my top requirements as no device my boys have had has been autism-proof. I'm looking for functional, inexpensive, and replaceable. I tried a cheap Sylvania but it didn't do so well on touch screen and sound. I did like the 7" screen size compared to my Vizio VTAB 8" (an inch really makes a difference on holding comfort and portability). One sale that stood out is the Dell Streak 7 is going to be 159.99 online from Best Buy for Black Friday. So what say you?
I thank you for any insight you can give me.