First of all the 200 patents thing was always a bit of a joke. For instance, the squeeze and pinch interaction has been around in multitiouch almost as long as apple the company has existed. However, some of their patents are probably quite solid since they come from not stuff Apple developed so much as purchased when the swiped up Fingerworks.
What I don't get about any of it though is that from everything I've read the company that makes the iPhone touchscreen is the one holding the cards and patent-wise a lot of the heardware tech actually comes from them. In fact, according to this article they are the only company in the world that can make the iPhone touchscreen. And guess what - Nokia is their other major customer!
"Apple bought the rights to the screen technology used in the iPhone from a Finnish firm"
Funny considering that company was located on Nokia's neighborhood.
I'm expecting that Nokia gives that haptic feedpack that seem to be most up to date of the competition to be in the new Nokia TS device and not to be as feature rich as some might be hoping/wanting it to be. Maybe 4xxx series or own series for TS devcies.
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First of all the 200 patents thing was always a bit of a joke. For instance, the squeeze and pinch interaction has been around in multitiouch almost as long as apple the company has existed. However, some of their patents are probably quite solid since they come from not stuff Apple developed so much as purchased when the swiped up Fingerworks.
What I don't get about any of it though is that from everything I've read the company that makes the iPhone touchscreen is the one holding the cards and patent-wise a lot of the heardware tech actually comes from them. In fact, according to this article they are the only company in the world that can make the iPhone touchscreen. And guess what - Nokia is their other major customer!
http://www.businessweek.com/magazine/content/07_16/b4030061.htm?campaign_id=yhoo
I belive Apple bought this tiny comppany from Finland who had developed that TS pretty far. Is Fingerworks just that company?
http://www.intomobile.com/2007/08/10/analyst-apple-iphone-screen-problems-may-get-worse-the-dreaded-dead-strip.html
"Apple bought the rights to the screen technology used in the iPhone from a Finnish firm"
Funny considering that company was located on Nokia's neighborhood.
I'm expecting that Nokia gives that haptic feedpack that seem to be most up to date of the competition to be in the new Nokia TS device and not to be as feature rich as some might be hoping/wanting it to be.
Maybe 4xxx series or own series for TS devcies.