By Erica Sadun

From the very beginning, Android has planned to support multitouch. The G1’s touch screen is a ClearPad, created by Synaptics—a founding member of the Open Handset Alliance. Synaptics provides the touch interface driver for Android, and will at some time offer “advanced multi-touch gestures for the Android platform.” Over at the RyeBlog, blogger RyeBrye has tapped into the unit’s multitouch capabilities. Continued…..