http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/ Engadget Comments for Apple files patent for multitasking gaming touchscreen http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2010 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/
I definitely just touch-typed this from my iPhone :D]]>Dec 6th 2007 4:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/Dec 6th 2007 7:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/Dec 6th 2007 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/
Here's a fundamental patent concept that may help: patents give you the right to stop someone else from doing what you teach in the patent for some period of time. They do not give you the right to do something. See the difference? If I have a patent that teaches X, and you start doing X, I can sue you to make you stop and/or pay me. It doesn't matter if you have a patent that seems to say you can do X as well. So it is just as likely that Apple patents technology to make sure others can't do what it has no intention of doing as it is that they intend to do that thing.

There, I feel better.]]>Dec 6th 2007 4:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/Dec 6th 2007 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/Dec 6th 2007 4:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/Dec 6th 2007 9:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/Dec 6th 2007 4:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/]]>Dec 6th 2007 4:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/Dec 6th 2007 4:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/Dec 6th 2007 4:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/Dec 6th 2007 10:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/Dec 6th 2007 5:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.nintendo.com/ds

Fail.]]>Dec 6th 2007 5:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/Dec 6th 2007 5:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/Dec 6th 2007 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/Dec 6th 2007 5:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/
Oh yeah, wayyy less than enthusiastic, as long as you ignore the fact that OpenGL has been a part of their OS since version 8.1, and that games like Myst were made possible by QuickTime and QTVR. And if you want to continue to invent the truth as you see fit, then I'd better not even MENTION GameSprockets...

http://developer.apple.com/documentation/mac/Sprockets/GameSprockets-2.html

The industry went a different direction, it's true, but it didn't stop Apple from innovating.]]>Dec 6th 2007 8:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/
Just face it, Apple sucks at games. They do other things really well, but this is definitely not one of them.

I don't care what little dinky Apple initiative you can dig up to prove that they are "innovating" in the industry. If we had to be REMINDED about GameSprockets its obviously not a tech driving any triple A titles.


]]>Dec 6th 2007 8:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/
Fact is, a lot of current Macs are pretty sweet for gaming, but the developer interest has been lost by years of Apple hardware incapable of pushing bits to the screen fast enough to get a decent frame rate.]]>Dec 6th 2007 11:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/Dec 7th 2007 4:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/
Has anyone ever thought they may come soon due to the iPhone? Ever drag the window open around like you would on any computer?]]>Dec 6th 2007 9:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen//sarcasm.]]>Dec 6th 2007 9:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/http://www.engadget.com/2007/12/06/apple-files-patent-for-multitasking-gaming-touchscreen/
Even worst, now they want to mess with games??? sorry, MS is already doing that.]]>Dec 7th 2007 12:12AM