"Google's just outed a very, very significant update to the Nexus One that includes Google Goggles on board and a re-upped version of Google Maps that includes suggestions and a dedicated night mode. Much more significantly, though, they've capitulated and enabled multitouch in Browser, Gallery, and Maps -- great news and a big win for the Android community at large." - Mitchell McKenna from Bookmarklet

The HTC SenseUI update for 1.5 that Rogers recently rolled out included multitouch for Gallery (or Albums) and the browser. Not Maps, though. - Andrew C (✓)

Looks like the main con of the Nexus One that the iphone user's like to point out will be no more - Mitchell McKenna

So whatever happened to those patents Jobs was trumpeting when he first debuted multitouch on the first iPhone? - Andrew C (✓)

Seems relations between Google and Apple are deteriorating. Guess this is Google's retaliation to Jobs big rant about Google (and Adobe) when he called Google's "Don't Be Evil" mantra "Bullshit". - Mitchell McKenna

Andrew, from what I know about this issue, those patents are much more restricted in scope than Apple would have one believe from their narrative. - Chieze Okoye

But... the Nexus One is the same application of multitouch as the iPhone, no? (BTW, will the N1 have photo rotation via multitouch? or just pinch-zoom?) - Andrew C (✓)

It's good news for Nexus One owners .. but my feeling has always been that multi-touch is over-rated. I find double tap to zoom more comfortable on a phone-sized screen - much easier to do one handed. On a phone, multi-touch seems more for the 'wow factor' than practically usable. That said, on larger screen I think it would be great - looking forward to a decent multi-touch Android tablet :) - Andrew Perry