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As far as i know Multi-Touch is patented by Apple
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Posted: 2009-08-03 20:27:49
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if i m not wrong the htc hero features multitouch and i think some other lg phone does as well....so i m sure
can do it!!
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Posted: 2009-08-03 21:33:38
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On 2009-08-03 20:27:49, jockep wrote:
As far as i know Multi-Touch is patented by Apple
Eh, no.
Multi touch was around way before apple could put the letters P, H, O, N and E together with an i in front of it. All they managed to patent was their gestures and even those could be thrown out of the window because other companies that supposedly developed similar ideas before Apple are currently suing them.
Apple doesn't innovate. They just say it enough times so that people start to believe them.
So yeah, there's every chance that Rachael may have multi touch. Personally, I couldn't care less. A PSP works fine for my gaming needs and double tap to zoom works swell in web browsers.
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Posted: 2009-08-04 04:54:18
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^ Apple Awarded Multi-Touch Patent -
http://news.worldofapple.com/[....]le-awarded-multi-touch-patent/
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Posted: 2009-08-04 13:27:19
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Which is exactly what I said. That patent covers a combination of multi-touch tech and gestures, not the idea of multi-touch itself.
You can't patent an idea. You can only patent an implementation of the idea. e.g. A car that runs on tender love and care can't be patented. A specific implementation of the idea with diagrams showing how the technology works can be.
In any case, here goes:
http://www.internetnews.com/h[....]ued+Over+Multitouch+Patent.htm
This thread is not about Apple, so that's the last I'm gonna say about that.
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Posted: 2009-08-04 14:06:15
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just to stop the Apple thing... seems like Rachael has multitouch...
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Posted: 2009-08-04 14:29:27
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Thanks Santa.
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Posted: 2009-08-04 14:59:51
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On 2009-08-04 04:54:18, synn wrote:
On 2009-08-03 20:27:49, jockep wrote:
As far as i know Multi-Touch is patented by Apple
Eh, no.
Multi touch was around way before apple could put the letters P, H, O, N and E together with an i in front of it. All they managed to patent was their gestures and even those could be thrown out of the window because other companies that supposedly developed similar ideas before Apple are currently suing them.
Apple doesn't innovate. They just say it enough times so that people start to believe them..
hmm, not sure I now of any mobile phone with a multi touch screen that didn't require the use of a stylus and featured as standard a brand new full finger touch OS that's incredibly easy to use before the iPhone?
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Posted: 2009-08-04 22:15:04
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off the top of my head: HTC Hero
look the API's that were just released for the new version of android include multitouch, chill out its not the end all be all, what im more concerned with are the release dates and RAM/ROM.
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Posted: 2009-08-04 22:57:51
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would you think it is a
995?
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Posted: 2009-08-04 23:05:58
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