Hasta La Gadget!

Development consultant Moto Labs has published an intriguing look at how the touchscreens of various smartphones work, by tracing a test pattern across each.

The test used a robotic arm, with two differently sized styluses, as an attempt to figure out which touchscreens were the most accurate. Accuracy is important, the firm noted, both for selecting small blocks of text in a browser, as well as interacting with applications.

Note that the tests did not test multitouch or gestures, simply how the touchscreen recorded a touch in a given location. A deliberate gap was left in the top right-hand corner.