Droid does multitouch, Milestone does it better  The Droid does
support pinch and zoom multitouch, but it's not a feature that
users can access.  The Droid doesn't do everything.  (Credit:
Josh Miller/CNET)  One of the latest misconception to make its
way around the blogspehere was that the Motorola Milestone
features multitouch functionality whereas its Droid counterpart
does not. As it turns out, Verizon's first Google Android
smartphone does offer multitouch, just not in the same capacity.
What's the difference and, more importantly, who made the
decision to water down this feature for the Droid?  Made popular
by the iPhone, pinching and pulling has become the preferred
method for zooming in on a smart phone. While Verizon's Droid
handset is built using the same Android 2.0 OS as the Milestone,
users are left using a less-accurate double-tap.  The Milestone
has multitouch built directly into the Android framework while
the Droid relies on APIs that come with the 2.0 SDK. That means
that it's up to app deve