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Yeah… Right… Who said that HTC HD2 cannot work on old small UI elements? Check out this video. They manage to enable pinch and zoom function on older Windows Mobile apps. Therefore, no need to worry that you big finger cannot work well on HTC HD2 capacitive touchscreen.

Most of the smart phones have touch sensitive screen. There are resistive and capacitive touch screens. So which one of them is better? I searched around the Internet and found some info…

Advantages of resistive touch screen

  • Lower cost.
  • Can operate with any pointing devices like stylus and nail.
  • Good for handwriting recognition system with a stylus.
  • More accurate than capacitive touch screen.

Disadvantages of resistive touch screen

  • Multi touch support not available yet. (Maybe there is…)

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