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Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

Tushar — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 05:40:25 -0000

I am going to patent the virtual qwerty keyboard and deny Apple the right to use it. At the same time i will allow other companies to use it free of cost so that Apple goes to hell.

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

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Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

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Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

Paul Michelson — Tue, 26 May 2009 14:20:21 -0000

"Multi-touch" is so yesterday. Canesta (http://www.canesta.com) shows how 3-D vision technology enables natural interfaces "beyond multi-touch". Attendees of the “D” Conference will see the “User as the Remote”, as computers, TVs, media centers, videogames and other everyday devices gain new means to interact with us. See how it works at http://blip.tv/file/1867118

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

kevin — Sun, 17 May 2009 22:41:35 -0000

didnt stephen jobs STEAL WINDOWS from xerox? before bill gates STOLE IT FROM jobs and used it to make himself the richest man in the world? didnt a goddamn pirate flag used to fly above apple corps.?................ arent both of the fortunes of apple and microsoft built on thievery? then what the hell? hypocrisy is so hypocritical......... and irony is soooo ironic.

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

trichomes — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 20:31:08 -0000

this doesnt seem fair

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

Me — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:04:43 -0000

I have to respond to this statement on the first page... I make some insults.

"Apple rocks, goodbye Palm." ---> I hate these comments.

Are you an idiot? or just another fangirlboy?

I have an iphone, and I am also a developer. I had a palm treo before this.
The only thing the iphone can do natively that my 4 year old treo could'nt,
is wifi and gps. I do like it now, but I and millions of other business and
IT professionals managed without it just fine. My Palm treo even had the
ability to use touch signals with zooming and scrolling abilities using
programs that supported it. One that did was a file reader called
"Picsel Proviewer" do a search on youtube for demos. Most of the demos are
on windows mobile devices but it did work on Palm OS treos as well. Actually
apple probably stole the tech from these guys. All the while you guys were
probably having wet dreams about your new Razor.

I am looking forward to the Palm Pre even if they pay Crapple money to license
the stolen technology.... its better then the iphone simply because it runs
on Linux.

My question to dumb asses/crapple fanboys/girls.

Do you really think the OS on the iphone is better then a full running linux OS
which is what the Palm Pre runs on?... do you even understand the possiblities
that could bring? I am talking about all the things like flash support,
copy/paste, native divx support, etc... Yes, I know there are some 3rd party
apps that allow some copy and pasting. Ha...now you fanboys cant say, hey dumb
ass, their are apps that allow copy-paste. Sure if that's what you want to
call it. Also TomTom navigator fully ran on my treo. Iphone doesnt even have
any real offline maps app. Just some that allow you to download sections of
google maps to view offline. In comparison to TomTom...there is no comparison.
I was given this iphone as payment for a job. I had never planned to purchase
one. My treo still works fine and I still use TomTom on it all the time.

You freaking crapple fangirlboys need to take a class on technology and
computers.....button pushing morons.

Hey Tim Cook... suck my %$#@!!!
"Tim Cook has been quoted saying that, â€œWell, I donâ€™t want to talk about any
specific company. Iâ€™m just making a general statement that we think competition
is good. It makes us all better. And we are ready to suit up and go against
anyone"

Apple doesnt beleive in competition at all. That's why their computers only use
certain hardware. If they really believed in competition they would open up
there system for all hardware manufacturers. I can buy the same hardware that
is in your G5 for a fraction of the cost. If a pretty case means that much
to you...then...well that's just sad... oh you can find those too.

I will end with this..

Anyone who thinks ONE company can make better products then HUNDREDS of
companies competing to be the best.

Is smoking crack.

I hope Palm figures out a way to own Apple.

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

Me — Sat, 14 Feb 2009 09:04:43 -0000

I have to respond to this statement on the first page... I make some insults.

"Apple rocks, goodbye Palm." ---> I hate these comments.

Are you an idiot? or just another fangirlboy?

I am looking forward to the Palm Pre even if they pay Crapple money to license
the stolen technology.... its better then the iphone simply because it runs
on Linux.

My question to dumb asses/crapple fanboys/girls.

You freaking crapple fangirlboys need to take a class on technology and
computers.....button pushing morons.

I will end with this..

Anyone who thinks ONE company can make better products then HUNDREDS of
companies competing to be the best.

Is smoking crack.

I hope Palm figures out a way to own Apple.

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

applehatr — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:36:58 -0000

Apple has failed to list a whole body of prior work in mutli touch from the 1980s through the 1990s, of which they are definitely aware because of the personal involvement in some of that work by members of the iPhone UI team. This will torpedo this claim.

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

applehatr — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 16:36:58 -0000

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

Baking Chef — Fri, 30 Jan 2009 15:33:08 -0000

I don't see how this will affect anything really. the current trend seems to be sure they have a patent lets find a better way to do it that skirts around their patent.

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

dwallin — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 12:00:17 -0000

There's tons of prior art to contradict this patent. Multitouch existed with the same gestures long before apple did it.

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

ColdReality — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 11:04:59 -0000

Looking at a summary of the patent, Apple appears to be claiming a right to a multi-touch interface OF ANY SORT used to control a computer through multi-touch presses and gestures.

They didn't think this out too well -- every personal computer since 1985 uses multi-touch gestures to load programs and control a PC through heuristics... multi-touches on multi-button mice (complete with gestures), and keyboards (which are multi-touch whenever you use the Shift, Alt, Control or other keys).

That invalidates the multi-touch claim.

The remaining claim is about touchscreen. Well, touchscreen phones by other vendors predate the iPhone by a decade or more, and since multitouch is a PC-based innovation brough to touchscreens on copy machines, ATMs and other devices over a decade ago, Apple's patent suddenly looks VERY tenuous.

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

ColdReality — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 10:54:52 -0000

Palm doubtlessly has dozens of patents of its own that Apple merrily traipsed over with the iPhone 3G. Something tells me that the patent troll cheerleader fanboys will be crying in their beer if Palm gets an injunction to halt all iPhone 3G sales over Palm's IP in threaded SMS messaging or the ring/vibrate hardware switch.

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

Ximo — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 05:10:50 -0000

The US Patents system is not only screwed, it is starting to be considered a fraud by the rest of the Civilized World and the US will face consequences by it's trading partners soon or later.

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

Lord Shorka — Wed, 28 Jan 2009 01:03:27 -0000

Frankly, I think you're a bunch of cockgobblers. I love my iphone, but the glee in your post regarding Apple's intention to litigate is assholish. Technology should diffuse as broadly and rapidly as possible. Gone are the days of 1970s tech monopolies. Stop obsessing about Apple and look at the bigger picture. If the pre gets stuck in litigation, we (consumers, industry, other companies, etc.) will lose.

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

Skater — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 16:33:39 -0000

I really hope they licence this touch technology to other companies. We need more competition to the iPhone.

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

nasindo — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:44:14 -0000

THAT'S WHAT I CALL BIG DOG :)))!

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

zeitguy — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 14:44:21 -0000

Both MediaLab at MIT and Xerox PARC had technologies and patents based on gestural interfaces, both in contact with the screen, and in space. I saw some of them demo'd back in 1990. Do a quick search on Siggraph archives. The only viable aspect of Apple's patent would have to be very granular aspects of mapping multi finger movments to specific commands in very specific apps. Not foundation patents, as they seem to think.

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

Ashwin — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 13:13:35 -0000

Hmmm..if this is the actual patent description and I were heading Palm, I would file my exact patent with the word "Toes" and release it. If people use their fingers, that's their choice.

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

Jame — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:49:52 -0000

I HATE patents like this. They are so vague. I am sure there were easily 6 companies working on ways to "use multiple fingers" to interact with a "personal computing" device. Apple just got their paperwork processed first. I am all for protecting IP but Apple can't hide behind patents to eliminate competition. My friend who works on the iPhone team is really excited about the Palm Pre. He wants competition to spur Apple in to making a better product. Let's hope that this "patent" and "IP" doesn't inhibit revolutionary innovations. (There is one company in my industry who has a patent for something totally obvious, and gets about 50% of their annual revenue from settlements related to the patent. They have essentially stopped innovating and product development in order to collect money to "protect their IP")

Re: Apple Gets Their Multi-Touch Patent; Is Palm Screwed?

gdk — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 12:35:16 -0000

Apple's gone rotten.