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    Apple gets multitouch patent (News)

    Discussion in 'Apple and Mac OS X' started by bigspin, Jan 27, 2009.

  1. bigspin

    bigspin My Kind Of Place

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    This is good news for Apple. For the consumers this is somewhat problematic.This might increase multi touch product price.Is this the end of cheap multi touch phones? Touchpad notebooks?
     
    bigspin, Jan 27, 2009
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  2. Xirurg

    Xirurg ORLY???

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    if apple didn't do that,I am pretty sure that someone else would...
     
    Xirurg, Jan 27, 2009
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    adi_pie Newbie

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    absolutely

    but I kind of doubt it covers all the different kinds of touchscreen technology capable of multiple inputs, most likely it only covers the capacitive touchscreen technology apple uses in the iphone/ipod touch, and maybe the UI ( I saw something about pinch to zoom in the source link)
     
    adi_pie, Jan 27, 2009
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  4. slash X

    slash X Notebook Geek

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    Watch out "Palm" !!!!!!
     
    slash X, Jan 27, 2009
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  5. mmoy

    mmoy Notebook Deity

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    The patent is pretty specific in application. It covers scrolling and stuff like pinch and expand and one other thing - maybe launching an application from a bunch of picture icons. If they have the latter, Blackberry is screwed unless they have a comparable patent portfolio.

    I personally think the patent is great. Apple has proven time after time after time, that they are innovators. If you work in tech, you can really appreciate how hard it is to do what they are doing several times a year on a regular basis. The idea of patents is to encourage innovation. In Apple's case, you can't argue that they aren't innovating and, in many cases, encouraging others to innovate. On their platforms of course.
     
    mmoy, Jan 27, 2009
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  6. MaX PL

    MaX PL Notebook Deity

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    lol FUDZILLA.
     
    MaX PL, Jan 27, 2009
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