Multi-window coming to the S3

[Rob.G]

Has anyone heard that the Note 2's multi-window feature may be coming to the the S3?

http://www.androidauthority.com/

Now I just need to get hold of an S pen to make the transformation into a Note 2 complete.

 

[SUroot]

Yes, with every jellybean update, we speculate it to be included.

I'm on my 7th JB version now and still nothing

 

[streetkilln]

dont the note 2 have a digitizer screen. the s pen wouldn't be much use to the gs3.

 

[SUroot]

dont the note 2 have a digitizer screen. the s pen wouldn't be much use to the gs3.

"Digitizer" is the technical name for a touch screen. It Digitises human Input into commands on the Android Platform.

The two different types of touch screen or digitiser are:

Capacitive: All modern smart phones use this. This is where the digitiser holds an electrical charge. Human touch disrupts this charge. The point that the charge is disrupted at is used to calculate a grid position on the screen and relay that touch input as a command to Android.

Resisitive: Old touch screen phones, old tablets and the things couriers have use(d) these. The digitiser here registers physical pressure. Pressing the top layer of the digitiser pushes that point into a second layer and that is used to calculate a grid position on the screen and relay that input as a command to the OS.

Resisitive devices generally use a "pen" to make this more accurate (a smaller area of contact makes for more accuracy). There is nothing special about these pens. You could use a match stick.


Obviously both the Note 2 and the S3 are capacitive, as all android devices are. The S pen is a special "pen" that works with capacitive screens by disrupting the electrical charge in the digitiser. This would work on all Capacitive screens.

 

[En4cer2k11]

They should bring multi-window to the Nexus 7 while they're at it (since it'll get updated first anyway).

 

[czechplastik]

They should bring multi-window to the Nexus 7 while they're at it (since it'll get updated first anyway).

N7 isn't a Samsung device. Multi-window is a Samsung feature.

 

[scooter1942]

hopefully a dev will figure out a way to port this feature over to other devices (especially if the s3 doesnt get it officially )

 

[SUroot]

hopefully a dev will figure out a way to port this feature over to other devices (especially if the s3 doesnt get it officially )

It was being looked at for the i9300 but everyone stopped when it was announced to be coming to the s3

 

[Pio5ukuk]

Like this idea a lot. Im still not running jelly bean so i wont get this till late 2013

 

[john_g]

Dual windows might be good for me if it allows me to play the BBC's iPlayer in the background, whilst I do other things on the phone. I use iPlayer almost exclusively for catch-up radio, so it is beyond annoying that I can't read a Kindle book, play Sudoku, read my emails, follow Twitter... and on and on... whilst listening to my favourite radio shows.

 

[En4cer2k11]

N7 isn't a Samsung device. Multi-window is a Samsung feature.

Ooh. I didn't realize that was a Samsung-only feature...