This is a classic fragmentation of the android system.
In software terms, we consider whatever maintained from Google as trunk while all others branches. The branches could have much better features (like the MT you have mentioned from HTC). However those branches' APIs is not part of the standard SDK and usually not accessible to third party developers. Android 1.5 doesn't support MT. But modified 1.5 branch of HTC does. However usually developers write apps run across 1.5 rather than HTC device only. In this case, developers just can't use HTC's API (theoritically can through reflections but in practice few people will do that).
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Originally Posted by bluenova
WHY?
My Hero running Android 1.5 perfectly supports multitouch / pinch and zoom in other apps including the HTC browser, so why not xScope? The only requirement should be a capacitive screen.
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