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I'm not sure why ...
... games are not legitimate applications in your mind. That's just a weird assement, especially for a consumer device.

The best uses of multitouch currently are games and virtual musical instruments. I attribute that more to the lack of experience on the part of the developers than the lack of possibility that the functionality opens up.

There is really interesting stuff being done to leverage the accelerometer and the microphone as input devices as well. Most of these are games, or "non-productivity" apps, so you probably wouldn't "count" them either. I think developers are just getting used to what the technology allows them to do.

Also on the downside, the economics of the App Store seem to have shaken out that a lot of people are pumping out relatively simple apps very quickly. It is disconcerting when several of the top apps are fart noise makers. I wish I was kidding about that.

I agree with you that multitouch gets better with larger devices. Apple's implementation for gestures on laptops is very good. MS Surface looks really cool, though I haven't seen one in person to try.

However, I think there is still value in mobile multitouch. For zoom and rotate functionality alone, it's worth it to me to have on the phone. Whether it's a feature in search of an application, only time will tell. But, I suspect not.
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Just one more reason not to buy EITHER phone. (nt)  IT_Guy_z | 02/11/09
Windows Mobile rules anyway...  Mike Cox | 02/11/09
I agree!  rynning | 02/11/09
Holy irony overload, Batman!  heres_johnny | 02/12/09
Had some mild success?  Michael Kelly | 02/11/09
You must be joking or you are a troll  proadventurer | 02/11/09
Obviously you are new here.  IT_Guy_z | 02/12/09
..........  lol_camel | 02/12/09
The industry should collectively fight the multi-touch patent  P. Douglas | 02/11/09
Yeah...  Jkirk3279 | 02/13/09
FYI, Apple probably violating UD's patent on Multi-touch  Samic | 02/11/09
Also the Appeals Court ...  P. Douglas | 02/11/09
I haven't found myself wanting multi-touch  Michael Kelly | 02/11/09
I've asked time and time again for useful examples of multi-touch  NonZealot | 02/11/09
not that much  coffeeshark | 02/11/09
I'm not sure why ...  dkawalec | 02/11/09
Slight correction  NonZealot | 02/11/09
Anyone still believe that Apple isn't a 900lb gorilla?  NonZealot | 02/11/09
Oh CAN it...  Metronome49 | 02/11/09
Here we go - deja vu all over again!  HiBeamR_z | 02/14/09
PLEASE everyone not just NonZ.  James Quinn | 02/11/09
I think what he's getting at  Michael Kelly | 02/11/09
Or Apple allows others to use it once its firmly  James Quinn | 02/11/09
Weights  DarthCyclist | 02/12/09
Only "IF" it is required that the be the SAME weight.  James Quinn | 02/12/09
RE: Report: Apple nixed Android's multitouch  Metronome49 | 02/11/09
that's rough  coffeeshark | 02/11/09
May be Google has alternate or a better feature than Multitouch  reachsankar | 02/12/09
competition rules  DarthCyclist | 02/12/09
iPhone already dying  jscott418 | 02/12/09
Hardly...... I wish I had a product that was  James Quinn | 02/12/09
iPhone dying?  athynz | 02/12/09
I would put the G1 ahead of the storm...  mrlinux | 02/16/09
Apple doesn't own multitouch  wirelessguyNY | 02/13/09

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