After the news that the X10 would not support multi-touch some were asking why there had been a comment from SE back in November that it might do at some future point and I discussed a couple of theories as to what may have been going on yesterday. Today Sumit Malhotra, the chap who made the original comments back in November, made a post explaining his remarks:
Back in November, I posted that X10 will not support multi touch functionality at launch, but will be considered for the future. I can appreciate that even though there wasn´t a commitment, such wording both creates expectations (small or big) on future support and implies restrictions on software side.
That is the information I had in hand at that point of time. I am well aware that you rate multi touch functionality very high and therefore I regret to inform you that X10 screen hardware does not register simultaneous entries. Meaning even though we will upgrade the underlying operating system in relation to upgrading our user experience layer, X10 will not support multi touch functionality. We believe that it is important for you who follow this blog to be clear on that, which is the reason why I want to confirm Rikard’s comment.
We are working on alternative solutions for certain use cases, like zooming. I will share more details about that initiative once confirmed.
Due to vendor understanding and agreements, we don´t discuss in detail regarding hardware specifications. Having said that, X10 is upgradable and as earlier described there will be significant value offered through upgrades. X10 is about to reach stores and early consumer feedback is very positive, also highlighting room for improvement which we will share in due time.
Regards,
Sumit
It looks to be a simple case of misinformation as I suggested yesterday. Whilst it’s certainly annoying and has probably caused some people to get their hopes up I do hope that Sony Ericsson don’t see this as negative mark against their Product Launch Blog, which is quite frankly the best customer experience programme to have come out of the company in years.
Thanks to Malcolm for posting up Sumit’s comments.

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