I've just had a play with my first resistive touch screen phone, Hasmukh's new Nokia 5800 Express Music on Orange. It's rather nice but I can see why people prefer capacitative screens. There is a hesitancy on this screen that you don't encounter on something like the iPhone and also a problem is that, sometimes you tap the screen once to execute a command and sometimes you have to double tap to execute a different command - very confusing. Saying this, I've never used one before and I was still able to install Google Maps on it for Hasmukh. Maybe you just get use to it over time.
So, Google have released their own phone to their employees to test, or "eat their own dog food" as Google phrased it. There are a few pictures circulating on the net and it looks pretty neat. The proof will however be in the pudding if they ever release it to the general public. The rumour seems to be that if this happens it will be sold sim free and not tied to any particular carrier.
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