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Multi-touch coming to for Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, sort of

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13 April, 2009

Nokia XpressMusic Symbian S60 Touch UI

Yes, you read it right. A developer created a simple game introducing the multi-touch implementation. The application itself reminds the popular Guitar Hero console games, but its breakthrough may established a whole new path in the mobile software.

Jamie Fuller, a UK programmer, successfully created the first multi-touch application for Symbian S60 5th edition or Nokia 5800 XpressMusic in particular. The app it's still at it's alpha stage, but you can easily get the idea.

The real news today is that the multi-touch game called Space Dancer is now available as a free download from Jamie Fuller's website. The basic game reminds of the popular console series Guitar Hero, where your objective is to touch the correct music notes flying on screen in accordance to the currently playing music track.

Up until not long ago it was considered impossible running multi-touch apps on resistive touchscreen displays but there are some companies such as Stantum, for instance, that are already working successfully on the task.

Now we see the same feat managed by a third-party developer using only software methods - and best of all, running on a popular handset. The exciting opportunities are overwhelming.

If we've got you interested, you can watch the short video demo below showing the application in its early stages almost two months ago.

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  • WTF!!!
  • Lba
  • 07 Jul 2011

Wtf .. Its impossible . I lost my htc hd7..

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  • AnonD-682
  • 4Pa
  • 03 Feb 2011

I actually had the same idea but never thought of how to get my ideas working. this method of using the mid point position to do various tasks will work i believe, 100% sure. but it will take a while to remake apple games and nokia games.

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  • encoder
  • 0Cd
  • 16 Dec 2009

i have a tube. the simplest way to see how a resistive screen handles multitouch is to have a drawing program installed and,.. test it till a pattern emerge. the physics behind it is a bit more complicated but is not impossible. the main challen...

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