Aw Did We Strike A Nerve, Steve?

[Amber Lamps]

Apparently, Google Android and HTC are starting to do real damage to Apple's dominance of smart phone sales... BTW I just downloaded Gesture Search... Awesome!

http://www.informationweek.com/news/...Sfeed_IWK_News

http://gesturesearch.googlelabs.com/

[Apoc]

Well, if they did infringe on patents, they are gonna owe apple a lot.

Either way, I just dont give a shit. They are all fucking billionaires.

[wildchild]

Originally Posted by Apoc

Either way, I just dont give a shit. They are all fucking billionaires.

yes but you see it's not about the money, really, it's all about the principle of it..........................

[Dave]

Originally Posted by Apoc

Well, if they did infringe on patents, they are gonna owe apple a lot.

Either way, I just dont give a shit. They are all fucking billionaires.

some of those patents are bs

[Apoc]

Originally Posted by Dave

some of those patents are bs

bs or not, they are patents.

[Trip]

Originally Posted by Apoc

bs or not, they are patents.

most of them were acquired without much research by the patent office, I am very suspect of what went on there. Especially the multi touch/pinch zoom thing. There are older devices that had the same thing before Apple. They should be overturned and should have never been allowed to be patented in the first place.

[Papa_Complex]

Originally Posted by Trip

most of them were acquired without much research by the patent office, I am very suspect of what went on there. Especially the multi touch/pinch zoom thing. There are older devices that had the same thing before Apple. They should be overturned and should have never been allowed to be patented in the first place.

Hell, it's been in SciFi for decades, both in movies and literature.

[azoomm]

Originally Posted by Trip

most of them were acquired without much research by the patent office, I am very suspect of what went on there. Especially the multi touch/pinch zoom thing. There are older devices that had the same thing before Apple. They should be overturned and should have never been allowed to be patented in the first place.

Much like Harley Davidson trying to patent a sound... potato potato potato

[fasternyou929]

Originally Posted by Trip

most ofg them were acquired without much research by the patent office, I am very suspect of what went on there. Especially the multi touch/pinch zoom thing. There are older devices that had the same thing before Apple. They should be overturned and should have never been allowed to be patented in the first place.

Most of the touch panel technology was based on an existing student project. I haven't read the patents yet to understand how they were granted, but Apple has been open about not being the original creator of the technology.

[goof2]

Originally Posted by Lon D

Apparently, Google Android and HTC are starting to do real damage to Apple's dominance of smart phone sales...

Maybe they are, but it isn't necessary for the lawsuit Apple filed. HTC and Google could have sold one phone and they would still be subject to the same suit.