No, Apple innovated Chrome molding. I read it once somewhere on Macrumors.
It was sarcasm. Very little on the iPhone is actually an original idea.
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No, Apple innovated Chrome molding. I read it once somewhere on Macrumors.
It was sarcasm. Very little on the iPhone is actually an original idea.
ah, but take a look at patent dates, and read some interviews with Apple execs about how long the iPhone was in development
Apple's concept was thought of first
that's why they can use their patented multitouch, and no one else can
No, Apple innovated Chrome molding. I read it once somewhere on Macrumors.
It was sarcasm. Very little on the iPhone is actually an original idea.
true
but you can't deny that the iPhone pulls it off better than most other mobile phones (before the iPhone, I had a samsung SGHD807 with chrome molding, but it didn't look even as close to as sleek as the iPhone does)
They didn't start on the hardware until late 2005, or start porting OSX until early 2006. Heck, they didn't start applying for iPhone related patents until 2007, AFAIK.
They might have a patent on their particular screen. They don't have a patent on multi-touch. It predates them by twenty-five years.
True, but then how many of us ever see the chrome? Most smart people have a case on the darn thing, covering up everything