Pinch-To-Zoom On The Nexus One [VIDEO]
| by Rob Jackson on February 2nd, 2010 |
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We JUST told you about the Nexus One OTA update that enables Pinch-To-Zoom along with a 3G connectivity fix among other things, but our own device says we’re currently up to date. Lucky for the Engadget guys they got video of a Nexus One that HAS received the green light and they waste no time in showing us the goods:
One would thing other handsets would follow suit… at least those getting upgraded beyond Android 2.1…. or maybe Google decided to pay extra for some type of licensing after the fact? It’ll be interesting to hear what Andy Rubin has to say now, based on his previous statements on Multi-Touch and Pinch-To-Zoom.
Don’t forget to visit our Nexus One Forum for all the latest convo!
1. will wrote on February 2, 2010
Maps 3.4 will be coming out on the market for “Other Android devices.” Whatever that means.
http://googlemobile.blogspot.com/2010/02/take-your-places-and-searches-to-go.html
2. G wrote on February 2, 2010
YAY, I have pinch and zoom only on dolphen on my magic V1.5…
3. Gunner wrote on February 2, 2010
C’mon Google/Moto/VZ….bring this goodness to the DROID. PLZ, THX.
4. Carig wrote on February 2, 2010
sweet! I guess after Steve Jobs little Android comment, this is Google’s way of saying “suck it, Steve!”
5. elijahblake wrote on February 2, 2010
does the keyboard seem to work better now? with multi touch enabled that is..
6. will wrote on February 2, 2010
No chording yet. This is really the only reason I haven’t upgraded from my G1. No chording, no sale.
7. will wrote on February 2, 2010
I stared the chording issue earlier on google code. Don’t know if starring counts as voting but its worth a try:
http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=4562
8. ytown4 wrote on February 2, 2010
I hope this update comes soon for the rest of the Androids. As a iPod touch user I find myself at times trying to pinch to zoom on my Droid.
9. just some dude wrote on February 2, 2010
Its about freaking time, Google thank you for listening.
10. TK wrote on February 2, 2010
Google, thank you.
You’ve just sold another Nexus One.
11. Dean wrote on February 2, 2010
I KNEW this was coming after Steve Jobs said all that stuff about Google.. And to THINK all the flack Google got for no pinch-zoom was to avoid any conflict with Apple, Any ideas on Apple’s response?(Bing as native search client on iphones maybe?)
12. Jeff wrote on February 2, 2010
@elijahblake, Android has had multitouch enabled in the keyboard since 2.0, it just didn’t have pinch to zoom. 2.0 and on have multitouch, but since the default browser didn’t use it most of the media assumed it didn’t have it.
13. jrun wrote on February 2, 2010
@Dean
I’m not sure apple moving its native search to Bing would be a good move. If i was an iphone user and they switched me to BING over google.. i’d be pissed.
14. WhyKillRobots wrote on February 2, 2010
Looks like us Droid users are being left in the dust! Thanx Google/Vzw
15. youko wrote on February 2, 2010
whats chording?
16. swazedahustla wrote on February 2, 2010
Pinch to zoom does not equal multitouch, please stop saying it.
17. DSM_SCORPIO wrote on February 2, 2010
@swazedahustla
FROM MY UNDERSTANDING PINCH TO ZOOM REQUIRES TWO FINGERS ON THE SCREEN AT THE SAME TIME SO GUESS WHAT…IT IS USING MULTITOUCH.
SORRY FOR THE CAPS, IM LOCKED ON CAPS AT WORK.
18. polo79 wrote on February 2, 2010
@swazed. Considering it takes multitouch to do pinch and zoom i think your point is moot.
19. Brian wrote on February 2, 2010
I love how smooth it is.
20. Phil wrote on February 2, 2010
@polo79 You can have mutitouch and STILL not have pinch to zoom. Multitouch simply means more than one touch can be tracked at the same time. You use that ability to implement pinch to zoom.
21. Jared wrote on February 2, 2010
@youko What they meant by keyboard chording is: I believe with the old keyboard, you have to push a single key at a time. You must release the last key before pushing the next key. I believe what they’re wanting is the ability to press more than one key at a time like you can with a real keyboard :-) I know I wish they had it :-D
22. Alan wrote on February 2, 2010
OR if you dont want to wait for the update just go to the thread that i posted at
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/Nexus-One/Force-Update-Nexus-One-No-Root-required/td-p/308623
23. ArtInvent wrote on February 2, 2010
Just goes to show – bitch like hell and ye shall receive.
24. kidphat wrote on February 2, 2010
@polo79: As Phil said, multi-touch is a feature of your screen, while pinch-to-zoom is a gesture that requires multi-touch. Multi-touch != pinch-to-zoom.
25. Pete wrote on February 2, 2010
way to go Steve Jobs for being a douche. China steals from Google, Google doesn’t let them play with their toys anymore. Steve Jobs gets insulting, Google stops respectfully obeying a questionable patent. Coincidence?
26. Patrick wrote on February 2, 2010
Come on Motorola!! Its time to give it to all of the droid people. I can live without it but i have to say, its a great feature on my ipod touch. Just give us the update..
27. MonkeyCheese wrote on February 2, 2010
YES!!!!
28. Andrew wrote on February 2, 2010
Really wanting the Nexus One on VZW now. Come on, baby, daddy needs a new cell phone.
29. Caleb wrote on February 2, 2010
I want the 2.1 update with Flash for Droid already! Come on Google! Multitouch support is a given!
30. Kage wrote on February 3, 2010
@swazedahustla
You’re using two fingers to zoom-in and rotate a picture, so therefore it is multi-touch. What would be nice would be to have this feature in the keyboard…
31. Jochen wrote on February 3, 2010
@Polo79: Multitouch is a whole lot more than just pinch and zoom, so he’s right.
This article should be named multitouch on Nexus One because that’s the good news. Not that one application of multitouch named pinch and zoom.
I think that tn a few years people will for sure look back on this and laugh off their asses with our limited usage of multitouch besides pinch and zoom.
Anyway, happy a lot to hear this because now I can start developing Flash apps that use multitouch. :) Cool!
32. Dan wrote on February 3, 2010
Good, the zoom in / out buttons are still on the screen. One handed pinching is a pain.
@Jochen
I don’t have a Nexus One, so I’m going off what I have read on the internet. Android 2.0 added multitouch support. The Droid and the Nexus One have had multitouch support for a while. That’s old news. The new news is that Google has added a particular gesture to certain applications.
I don’t know if the multitouch support goes beyond pinch-to-zoom. For example, I don’t know if you can write multitouch-aware Javascript for the Android browser.
33. Chris wrote on February 3, 2010
About the Bing thing…
http://www.pcworld.com/article/187261/bing_to_become_the_iphones_default_search_engine.html
34. Chris wrote on February 3, 2010
I have said it a million times. Get a Nexus one onto a real network and they will come running. Get past that whole BS pinch to zoom thing and they will BUY!
Didn’t Apple specifically call themselves “the leader in touch screen technology” with pinch to zoom or something close during the iPad press event?
35. Abel wrote on February 3, 2010
sob, sob…Androids growing up so fast, I remember it like it was yesterday when G1 learned to walk. Soon theyll be going off to college (to be in the hands of every student of course).
36. Matt wrote on February 3, 2010
Come on AT&T with the Nexus One! I’m ready to dump this iPhone 3GS and move on…
37. code wrote on February 3, 2010
fuck droid, wheres the hero updates dammit!
38. Julio wrote on February 3, 2010
@Abel I agree with you. I’ve had my G1 since day one of launch..actually I got mine the day before official launch because FedEx dropped it off a day early. Now everyone and they grandmother got an Android phone while us loyal Android (G1)/T-Mobile users are getting screwed outta getting the N1 @ the discounted subsidized price. Thanks Google.
39. Steve wrote on February 3, 2010
Am I just crazy, or has Phandroid failed to offer up their own reviews of the Nexus One? I recall one video coming out early on, but that’s all I seem to be able to find.
40. oh noes wrote on February 3, 2010
“You’re using two fingers to zoom-in and rotate a picture, so therefore it is multi-touch. What would be nice would be to have this feature in the keyboard…” How bout 3? http://bit.ly/OTA_UPDATES
41. Ogre wrote on February 3, 2010
Say what you will about the closed iPhone ecosystem, but when a software update is released it’s available and usable on the entire range of devices.
42. Gunner wrote on February 3, 2010
@Ogre: Uhhh yeah….that’s cause you only have 1 device. There is no ‘range’. Just 3 iterations of 1 device.
43. Pennybags wrote on February 27, 2010
@Jochen: No, swazedahustla is not right. Multitouch isn’t always pinch-to-zoom, but pinch-to-zoom is always multitouch.