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This is woefully mis-informed. iPhone has the most accurate touchscreen of all the touchscreen mobile phones, as demonstrated here: http://labs.moto.com/robot_touchscreen_analysis/ [moto.com]

It has the most accurate capacitive screen. Even the cheapest resistive screen Palm from a decade ago had more accurate pen input.

And you can of course use a stylus on the iPhone. There are many varieties sold specifically for the purpose.

I have a couple. They are a very broad rubber tip (think "pinky") on a stick. It's nearly impossible to write or draw with them.

They are all desperately trying to copy Apple. The fact is they are behind because they are copying today's Apple technology whilst Apple is working on the next thing.

The fact is that you're an utter moron who doesn't even know the difference between a capacitive and resistive touch screen, which means that your opinion about phones and tablets is worth zilch.

The choice between resistive and capacitive is not so clearcut. Capacitive is good for fingers, resistive is good for pens. iPad and iPhone are lousy for drawing, and handwriting input is a no-go. I hope someone will start making Android tablets with resistive input (or Wacom or hybrid input) because the Apple iPad input sucks for anything other than poking at oversized on-screen buttons.

This is woefully mis-informed. iPhone has the most accurate touchscreen of all the touchscreen mobile phones, as demonstrated here:
http://labs.moto.com/robot_touchscreen_analysis/

And you can of course use a stylus on the iPhone. There are many varieties sold specifically for the purpose.

The reason their competitors don't compete with Apple is not because they don't know how to, but because it's not rational to compete with Apple for a small part of the market. Google, Microsoft, Nokia, HTC and others are going for the mass market.

LOL! Those companies would LOVE to have Apple's market. It may not always be the largest market share, but it's the most profitable market share. They are all desperately trying to copy Apple. The fact is they are behind because they are copying today's Apple technology whilst Apple is working on the next thing.

Apple's market cap now exceeds all of those companies.

It was done by Moto Labs, which has nothing to do with Motorola. http://labs.moto.com/diy-touchscreen-analysis/

Their conclusion is perfectly logical: they have Yahoo Research listed as one of their "collaborators", and are apparently selling a system of their own which is Android-based but (in their opinion) better than the standard Android.

http://www.moto.com/portfolio/projects/projects_sa mple_9.html

We hacked, cut, flipped the monitor, installed a touchscreen, etc etc for a company that makes computers for disabled people. They dont sell that particular model anymore, but it was a fun project and pretty slick. Had lots of software for people with poor motor or speaking skills. Software keyboard and of course USB/firewire so you could just plug in anything you wanted. Also came wired for use with the airport. What more could you want?

http://www.assistivetech.com/

Matt

I had one of these and dorked around with it a little.

From what I can tell, it was probably designed by MOTO based on their Cypress CY7C63413-PC reference design. You can find detailed information (and schematics) in the MO1001 PDF Document at their web page.

Used for its intended purpose, it's a total joke and destined for the Clearance bin. It's an aweful mousepad, and the card doesn't add anything over what any user already has.

As a USB ISO-7816 card reader with some buttons, it's more interesting, but I wasn't able to figure out how to talk to the card directly. In theory, it should be able to communicate with GSM SIM cards (with an adapter), Satellite TV cards, some student id cards, etc.

Maybe the Flying Butt Monkeys are tired of :CueCats and want a new toy?

I had one of these and dorked around with it a little.

From what I can tell, it was probably designed by MOTO based on their Cypress CY7C63413-PC reference design. You can find detailed information (and schematics) in the MO1001 PDF Document at their web page.

Used for its intended purpose, it's a total joke and destined for the Clearance bin. It's an aweful mousepad, and the card doesn't add anything over what any user already has.

As a USB ISO-7816 card reader with some buttons, it's more interesting, but I wasn't able to figure out how to talk to the card directly. In theory, it should be able to communicate with GSM SIM cards (with an adapter), Satellite TV cards, some student id cards, etc.

Maybe the Flying Butt Monkeys are tired of :CueCats and want a new toy?