Apple Wins $1 Billion Patent Case
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- differenz0
- Is this for real? So what if they pasted the Samsung into the iPhone hand? It doesn't negate the point.CanHasQBN
- this is stupidGeorgesII
- horrible, but the dates were proved wrong - the samsung phone was announced & released after the iphonekingsteven
- classic Apple fan logic, Dumb as a brick, but you have to be this stupid to buy the same phone 5 years in a rowmonolith
- << no.. the dates were not proven wrong. Samsung had these designs before iPhone. Judge didn't allow evidence.monolith
- they weren't proven wrong in court, they were just proven to be the wrong dateskingsteven
- ihttp://www.slashgea...kingsteven
- booya0
Cunts
- chossy0
Copyrighting the pinch to zoom is like copyrighting a fucking scroll bar... has someone copyrighted that by the way? I hope not!
- qoob0
I don't use Android much...does it have any of those patented features in the base UI?
- CanHasQBN0
^ You only feel this way because pinch zoom has been around for a while now, and through the years it's been ingrained into your fingers' navigational behavior, and you've become used to it as if it's second nature. But when it first came out, there was nothing like pinch zoom and it was a new way to navigate a screen, not only by touch, but by gesturing... something never seen before on a personal device... and should be protected by it's patent.
- (to chossy's comment)CanHasQBN
- ghey, Jeff Han & Surface™ both used mulitouch before the iphonealbums
- multitouch? or specifically pinch & zoom?CanHasQBN
- they may have had it, but couldn't sell itmonospaced
- lol... it doesn't matter if you can sell something dumb-wit. It's prior art.monolith
- then they should've patented it, right? They weren't as smart as Apple.CanHasQBN
- ETM0
Would Samsung have the balls to say, Fuck it, we're not making or selling components to Apple anymore? There are only a couple manufacturers who make components to the quality required by Apple. Japan is still have production issues after the Tsunami. Sharp has been rumored to be making screens for Apple, but their quality of late has been less than it used to be and they, for the first time since WWII have had to do layoffs. LG is hit or miss as well and has never impressed me with their screen technology amongst other components.
- only if they wanted to go out of business, yeahmonospaced
- *Face palm.ETM
- You realize how diverse Samsung is right? From bulldozers to kitchen appliances. Korean G.E.ETM
- Samung has 2.5x the revenue of Apple and triple the equity.ETM
- chossy0
To canhasqbn
Touchscreen is not a new thing and to copyright the way you use fingers to navigate is rediculous.
Take a keyboard as an example of a navigation device.
In (apple) final cut pro if I press cmd and + it zooms into the canvas.
In adobe photoshop if I press cmd and + it zooms into the canvas.Same function same effect different programs different companies... seriously man it's really ghey!!!
- CanHasQBN0
Dear chossy,
Neither Apple or Photoshop came up with the idea of cmd + = zoom. It was around before those two programs you mention. And whoever came up with it should have patented it.
Thintherely,
CanHasQoobPS. I don't really care that much, and you're probably right.
- Irafis0
This is from 2006 ...
http://www.youtube.com/v/KdTrEtJ…
- chossy0
Samsung should just call it Squeeze and zoom™
- lowimpakt0
"iPhone and Multi Touch?
The iPhone uses Multi-Touch technology. FingerWorks has been bought by Apple in June 2006. Jeff Han has not been hired by Apple to work on the iPhone. There were rumors that Apple had tried (unsuccessfully) to hire Jeff at one point to work on the launch of the iphone. NY Times techie David Pogue even asked Steve Jobs about him on the day of the launch. Here's Jeff Hans' response on the iPhone: "The iPhone is absolutely gorgeous, and I've always said, if there ever were a company to bring this kind of technology to the consumer market, it's Apple. I just wish it were a bit bigger so I could really use both of my hands." Check Apple's patent for its Apple iTablet and Touch-screen iPod, iTouch, and iPhone."
- zaq0
- i_monk0
I pinch to zoom my balls.