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Linus got a Nexus One

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Re: Linus got a Nexus One

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I wasn't enthusiastic about buying a phone on the internet sight unseen, but the day it was reported that it finally had the pinch-to-zoom thing enabled, I decided to take the plunge.

Is pinch-to-zoom really that important?

Re: Linus got a Nexus One

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Post by herval »

amichail wrote: post #4

I wasn't enthusiastic about buying a phone on the internet sight unseen, but the day it was reported that it finally had the pinch-to-zoom thing enabled, I decided to take the plunge. Is pinch-to-zoom really that important?

isn't pinch-to-zoom already available on the iphone for, like, 3 years...?

Re: Linus got a Nexus One

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Post by Jach »

herval wrote: post #5
amichail wrote: post #4

I wasn't enthusiastic about buying a phone on the internet sight unseen, but the day it was reported that it finally had the pinch-to-zoom thing enabled, I decided to take the plunge. Is pinch-to-zoom really that important?

isn't pinch-to-zoom already available on the iphone for, like, 3 years...?

Except the iPhone doesn't run Linux, which is what Linus actually wanted.

Re: Linus got a Nexus One

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Post by thwarted »

amichail wrote: post #4

I wasn't enthusiastic about buying a phone on the internet sight unseen, but the day it was reported that it finally had the pinch-to-zoom thing enabled, I decided to take the plunge. Is pinch-to-zoom really that important?

Not as far as I'm concerned. Thankfully it's not the only way to zoom on the nexus, because it pretty much requires two hands to use, one to hold the phone and the other to pinch. I don't think any other function requires two hands on the nexus, although it is sometimes faster to type with two hands. (This messages was typed on my nexus).
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