Sony has taken Apple's two-fingered MultiTouch and raised them to five, meaning that we could soon see devices from the Japanese giant that recognise all the digits of a user's hand. Unlike the Apple system, as featured on the iPhone and the iPod Touch, which can track either one finger for selection or dragging, or two fingers for zooming control, the Sony LCD panel is an identical size (3.5-inches) but is able to differentiate between up to five different points of contact or, alternatively, a stylus.
The panel - which as yet has not been fingered for any particular device in Sony's catalogue, but could form the basis of an upgrade to the Sony Ericsson P1 range of touchscreen smartphones - also improves on Apple's already impressive resolution; full VGA 640 x 480 as opposed to the iPhone's 480 x 320.
[via SlashGear]
5 is a lot of fingerprints to wipe off.
OMG… the iPhone can also recognize up to five fingers. It is just not implement by Apple. Some games like Ocarina or Heat Pad allows you to use 4 or more fingers. Please dumb person who posted this, do your research. The iPhone can recognize up to 5 fingers (I have tested in Heat Pad app), it is just not implemented in the way pinch to zoom in.