Apple Seeking $2.5 Billion from Samsung in U.S. Patent and Design Infringement Trial

[Masterfox72]

"Tap to zoom" is a patent by itself, as stated in the article.

Protecting "Slide to unlock" seems justifiable enough to me. But "tap to zoom"? That's like patenting a key bind. Of course you're going to tap it; it's a touchscreen! Duh!

Also, just because they patented it doesn't make it THIER work (talking common sense here, screw the flawed manmade laws). If someone other people have implemented it first, but Apple's the one who patent it, who's stealing whose work here (if you call that a 'work')?

Anyone would've implemented it without knowing that kind of stuff has already been patented, because it's ridiculous to have such obvious gesture patented.

Pinch to zoom? Twist to zoom? Draw figure 8 to zoom?

 

[lilo777]

Pinch to zoom? Twist to zoom? Draw figure 8 to zoom?

These all are future patents.

 

[Swordylove]

Pinch to zoom? Twist to zoom? Draw figure 8 to zoom?

Trololol!

 

[kdarling]

Ha

That reminds me. HTC used a draw-a-circle-around-what you-want-to-zoom method for a while a few years ago.

In some ways, that was more intuitive than double-tap-to-zoom... that is, it mimicked what people did already in real life: draw circles around areas of interest on printed items.

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Btw, either the Picsel or Netfront browser (I forget which) had single-tap-to-zoom before the iPhone came out. It's even mentioned as a prior art reference in Apple's patent applications.

 

[Rennir]

Pinch to zoom? Twist to zoom? Draw figure 8 to zoom?

But what's a pinch and what's a tap? When you pinch the screen, you eventually have to lift your finger up. So how many seconds does your finger have to be in contact with the surface of the phone for it to be qualified to be a tap? Also, does the number of fingers matter?

 

[skunnykart]

But what's a pinch and what's a tap? When you pinch the screen, you eventually have to lift your finger up. So how many seconds does your finger have to be in contact with the surface of the phone for it to be qualified to be a tap? Also, does the number of fingers matter?

Hahaha Yeah seems silly if you put it that way.

Let the boys (Apple et al) fight it out in the courts and I say for us consumers to just enjoy the great tech devices that are out in market today.

I remember when I got my Palm Tungsten T3 back in 2004 I use to love it. I actually got a lot of "real" work done on it with "Docs2Go", the calendar was nifty and the device was just great with the stylus for making short notes on the run. Also great for movies; it had a 3.7inch screen (huge for it's time).

If only it could make phone calls and be able to check emails. This is what everybody including myself was hoping for, then companies like HP started bringing out hybrid PDA phones. The o2 XDA ones were particularly sexy.

It was at about this time that phones started to look like PDAs looking more like chocolate blocks with huge rectangular touch screens.

Then came the iphone.

Setting aside these apple v whoever law suits just for moment and I see the industry moving on as it did pre iphone. The iphone wasn't created in a vacuum. It borrowed many elements from existing devices. I want to see the industry keep moving forward and produce devices that make my work and life easier and more enjoyable as the original iphone did.

I just hope Apple isn't getting cocky with it's relatively new found popularity with the masses and becomes stagnant/stale. iPhone 4s was a big disappointment.

 

[ThisIsNotMe]

in what specific way was the iphone better than a windows mobile phone at the time the first iphone was introduced, other than multi-touch? i listed in another post in this thread all the things that my windows mobile phone could do that the iphone could not, so i won't go through it here again.

lol

Anyways since I *have to excuse* an industry disrupting feature.....

Actual full web not just "full web".
Proximity sensor.
Ambient light sensor.
No physical keyboard.
Form-factor (1/3 thickness/ect.)
Battery.

 

[Technarchy]

But what's a pinch and what's a tap? When you pinch the screen, you eventually have to lift your finger up. So how many seconds does your finger have to be in contact with the surface of the phone for it to be qualified to be a tap? Also, does the number of fingers matter?

When I had a GS2 I used tilt to zoom more than pinch to zoom because I didn't have to take my hands off the phone to perform a gesture.

So there is always another way if the company isn't being lazy and ctrl + C minded.