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the first touch screen mobile.
Awshum-Yawn
25-02-2011
http://cdecas.free.fr/computers/pocket/simon.php

The IBM Simon.

My first touch screen was a Nokia 5800.... what was yours?
Mikay
25-02-2011
Mine was the Nokia 5800 too, although I had the Samsung U600 before that which had touch buttons, but not a touch screen...
Pencil
25-02-2011
The iPhone 3GS, unfortunately.
Seawolf
25-02-2011
Motorola A1000
funlovingirl
25-02-2011
Sony Ericsson P1
Nightdeamon
25-02-2011
Samsung Tocco Lite
carguy143
25-02-2011
Mine was the HTC Desire. Having seen my girlfriends LG Viewty with the resistive touch screen i was put off for years.
Stiggles
26-02-2011
Mine was the HTC Touch Diamond.

Had an early version of Android running on it as i hated windows mobile.

Loved that phone lol
carguy143
26-02-2011
Originally Posted by Stiggles:
“Mine was the HTC Touch Diamond.

Had an early version of Android running on it as i hated windows mobile.

Loved that phone lol”

I almost went for one of those but after being let down by my girlfriends unreliable Viewty i went for a SE K850i instead. lol
grumpyoldbat
26-02-2011
First touch screen PDA was a Psion 3 series in about 1995. My first touch screen phone was a QTek S110 in 2005.
Gormond
26-02-2011
My first touch screen phone was an iPhone 3G. I did have PDAs though that used the horrible resistive touch screen that nintendo still use... never again lol.
kev
26-02-2011
The first one I used (supporting our employees at work) was the Sony Ericsson P800.

First one I owned is my current Sony Ericsson Xperia X10i
TheBigM
26-02-2011
HTC HD7 is my first. Touch was not pleasant until capacitive touchscreens came around. Fiddly little styli!

My Samsung did have an optical joystick which involved touch.
koantemplation
26-02-2011
Mine is the Motorola Defy.

What is the best way to touch a screen?

Is it heat or conductivity that works?

If I have cold hands it can sometimes take a few taps before I get a hit especially with page numbers on Opera Mini on the DS threads.
Scoundreldays
26-02-2011
Originally Posted by carguy143:
“ Having seen my girlfriends LG Viewty with the resistive touch screen i was put off for years.”

That was my first touch screen phone & must admit it put me off. Hated it. So unresponsive.
TelevisionUser
27-02-2011
Below are a couple of links to articles about resistive vs. capacitive touch screens for mobile phones. Apple pioneered the widespread introduction of capacitive screens on the iPhone and that screen type is now taking over from the older resistive technology.

http://zomgitscj.com/2010/05/27/capa...erence-really/

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/featur...resistive.html
Haruhion
27-02-2011
HTC Touch (P3450/Elf). It was alright in its day, and it would still be decent now to people who wouldn't think of streaming video, gaming and such.

I grew tired of the touch focus though. Not enough buttons. I needed QWERTY so I went to the G1 later. I'll get a Desire Z when the price goes down. I'm not paying a months rent for a phone!

Yes, a true early touch screen adopter.
lexy_86
27-02-2011
LG Renoir- which I had for a full 3 months before sending it back to O2 for a Blackberry Curve.
Paparazzo
27-02-2011
LG Viewty Lite
j24
27-02-2011
my 1st was samsung tocco ultra. still have it now, upgrading soon though to either htc desire or desire hd.
brangdon
28-02-2011
Mine was an SE p900, circa 2003.

I never had any problem with resistive screens. Most of the UI should be designed with large buttons that can be operated by fingers. Being able to use a stylus for precision was a valuable option, especially when the screens themselves were relatively small. It may have helped that I have good fingernails. If you bite your nails then (a) you're disgusting; (b) you've damaged your ability to use resistive screens.

I have had trouble with capacitive screens. They sometimes react when my finger just goes near them without touching, and it's hard to get precise.
summerain
28-02-2011
Originally Posted by Nightdeamon:
“Samsung Tocco Lite ”

Same.
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