The HTC Diamond’s hidden multi-touch feature
Are you willing to jump off the iPhone bandwagon and head out to uncharted mobile territory? The HTC Diamond and Pro are already making rounds in the market, and even though it’s already got quite a list of features under its belt, it turns out that there are other hidden capabilities that HTC didn’t seem to want everyone to know about. Turns out that the Diamond and Pro are both multi-touch ready!
The HTC Diamond is already making its rounds in the market, with some interested buyers jumping out of the iPhone bandwagon and heading for other choices. With the HTC Diamond in its infantile stages in the hands of the consumer, it’s right about time that some hidden features are being discovered about the phone.
While it’s not directly marketed and advertised on the box or in the manual, the HTC Diamond and Pro actually supports multi-touch capabilities. The feature isn’t fully used right out of the box though, and you’ll be requiring something called the Nav Debug Tool – a file called NavDbgTool.exe.
Using this program, the entire touchpad becomes multi-touch sensitive, meaning, it allows two-finger input at the same time. Check out the video below for a bit of demonstration:
It’s strange why HTC hadn’t blatantly advertised this capability right at the get-go, but probably it’s because it’s still in early development. This, of course, leads us to assume that future firmware updates and programs will probably exploit this hidden feature, thereby making it a worthier contender to the epic iPhone.
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