WMExperts Podcast Episode 69

Clarification on my part: When I speak of "support from Microsoft" and capacitive, what I really mean (and should have stated) was multi-touch support in the OS.

Back to my original point in the podcast, the HTC Leo evidently does support multi-touch (which is why people suspect capacitive)--and this, this begs the question about who is providing the multi-touch support: HTC or Microsoft (or both working together)?

Officially, WM6.5 does not support multi-touch, but Microsoft will build it into the OS for WM7--that is from their mouth directly, which is why the Leo is quite odd.

So while technically HTC and other hardware manufactures could make WM capacitive devices, arguably one of the best features of the technology (multi-touch) could not be exploited by the OS, which is why we don't see them. OTOH, multi-touch has been ported (to some extent) to resistive screens--so in fact, we just don't really know what the Leo is rocking at all.

In a much less technical point of view, I think WM had not supported capacitive before because its interface was not optimal for it. Now, with every new build, 6.5.1 will most likely have no problem with capacitive screens.

And to keep the hope alive, the rumor that MS is building a tablet with the help of the surface crew gives me great hope. If MS has gone from a table sized device to a tablet size with there optical touch technology, surely we only have a few years until we see it in our phones?

Nice podcast guys, though it was a little off at times just proves you need more practice with three of you. I looked up the outlook cleaner program I mentioned in my voicemail tonight, so here is the link... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=523804