International Trade Commission Votes to Investigate Apple's Patent Complaint Against HTC

[kdarling]

Multitouch has been around for over a decade. Apple didn't invent multitouch, they bought it, and relabeled it.

Multitouch has been around for almost three decades. Nobody could buy it, even Apple.

He didn't say they invented it. He said "Apple's multitouch." As you pointed out, they bought Fingerworks, so they own whatever IP Fingerworks created.

Note that Fingerworks' patents are mostly about ergonomic gestures on top of keyboards and other opaque surfaces. They have little or nothing to do with the iPhone.

And that's pretty much the general case with Apple stuff. They take the best of existing technology, stuff that's being ignored by the industry and maximize it's potential... then everybody tries to duplicate it and it just becomes the norm.

They also tend to wait until the right price and technology meet.

While that was a smart economic move, Apple gets no kudos for sitting on their hands during the hard years while other companies gave us working smartphones starting with tiny B&W screens and 9Kbps speeds... and had to struggle with keeping backward compatibility with those devices.

 

[SandynJosh]

That's what Apple's been doing lately: attempting to stifle innovation because they can't bring their iPhone up to date with the competition. My next phone will definitely be an HTC. I'll take an open platform over Apple's lock-in any day.

Where others chose their smart phone choice based on the best carrier in their area, and the phone that does what they want done, you pre-announce your intention to buy a HTC phone regardless of where it will run in your area or do what you want done.

Well, aren't you the brave one! Here's a toothpick to go tilting at windmills in your little pie-tin hat.

 

[SandynJosh]

While that was a smart economic move, Apple gets no kudos for sitting on their hands during the hard years while other companies gave us working smartphones starting with tiny B&W screens and 9Kbps speeds... and had to struggle with keeping backward compatibility with those devices.

"The Art of War" teaches the importance of timing. Just because others chose to act at the wrong time, you want to withhold kudos from Apple for not Joining them in the morass?

Here's a pocketful of kudos, see what that will get you at the bank.

 

[cmaier]

mostly about ergonomic gestures on top of keyboards and other opaque surfaces. They have little or nothing to do with the iPhone.

While that's certainly what Fingerworks sold, and quite possibly what Fingerworks intended to patent, I don't believe their patents are limited to opaque surfaces.

 

[sportguy0913]

Multitouch has been around for over a decade. Apple didn't invent multitouch, they bought it, and relabeled it.

OK, thank you for clarifying. I really didn't know, I just thought of that, and noticed everyone is using it... Thank you for not screaming at me, like that dumb err person, or whatever their name is. I appreciate it

 

[sportguy0913]

He didn't say they invented it. He said "Apple's multitouch." As you pointed out, they bought Fingerworks, so they own whatever IP Fingerworks created.

Thank you!

 

[SandynJosh]

Oops. Fixed.
however, I doubt the opinions of anybody on this forum carry much weight.

I have it on solid authority that Steve Jobs doesn't go to bed at night without reading this forum and rewriting his business plan based on our opinions.

See below for a mockup of Jobs solution to provide iPhone multitasking..

We've been heard!

 

[kdarling]

Where others chose their smart phone choice based on the best carrier in their area, and the phone that does what they want done, you pre-announce your intention to buy a HTC phone regardless of where it will run in your area or do what you want done.

Well, aren't you the brave one! Here's a toothpick to go tilting at windmills in your little pie-tin hat.

You need to go back and read the entire thread.

LTD, one of Apple's biggest fans, was simply celebrating April Fool's Day

 

[SandynJosh]

It's great. Formal yet friendly.

The HTC logo so lame they feel compelled to tell you that it's not dumb.

The Apple logo is so powerful they don't even don't even need to tell you it's an apple.

 

[SandynJosh]

You need to go back and read the entire thread.

LTD, one of Apple's biggest fans, was simply celebrating April Fool's Day

Yeah, LTD sucked me right into his web... I award him one internet!