Multi-touch for Nexus One but not other Androids?

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With Google's announcement Tuesday, Nexus One owners were informed they would soon be receiving an over-the-air software update which will enable multi-touch for various applications. Other updates would address some of the problems with the Nexus that many of you reported earlier - including a general fix to improve spotty 3G connectivity.

Are fellow Androids left behind? I'm sure that this will be warmly received by Nexus One users as it will enhance browsing and navigation through photos and maps with pinch-to-zoom technology. But, I can't help but wonder how Droid, Hero, Cliq and other (potential) Android owners feel. The multi-touch support is possible but absent from many of these fellow Androids. It's not clear why that's the case but there's plenty of speculation... Google, up until yesterday, left multi-touch off its U.S. Android phones, presumably in deference to Apple’s multi-touch patent. - ZDNet, Jason O'Grady Rumor has it Apple requested that Google avoid multi-touch back when the companies were cozy, but Google may no longer want to comply now that the relationship has soured. - PCWorld, Jared Newman Within minutes of Apple pushing iPhone 3.1.3 Google began pushing out an Android update to Nexus One users. Hmmm. Timing's a little suspicious, but we'll chalk it up to coincidence. - ZDNet, Jason O'Grady Where does that leave you - still waiting for your update? What's your reaction to the timing of the Nexus One multi-touch update? Any current Nexus One owners already download and test it out? Feel free to sound off in the comments below or join the conversation on twitter. Oh, and on the note of waiting: if you're a current Nexus One owner, you should be on the lookout for a message in your phone's notification bar prompting you to download the software update. For details on the full list of updates, see Google's Nexus One announcement.