Some more perspective on the DROID and multitouch

There’s been a whirlwind of chatter about Apple’s multitouch patents since the Motorola DROID was released to reviewers sans any built-in support for Android 2.0′s multitouch APIs — there’s no pinch-to-zoom in the browser or maps app, and the soft keyboard is decidedly a single-touch affair. What’s even more curious is that the DROID clearly supports multitouch, as several new apps have demonstrated, and the overseas UMTS variant of the handset, the MILESTONE, has been shown on video with pinch-to-zoom in the browser several times now. That’s led to a ton of speculation that Apple’s somehow blocking Google from using pinch-to-zoom in the US, so we thought we’d step in with a little refresher on the state of Apple’s multitouch patents and some thoughts how they might be affecting the DROID. Read on!

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