I don't understand articles about multi-touch (win 7, palm pre etc.). Hasn't Apple patented certain gestures? I'm not saying Apple invented them or whatever, but won't non-Apple people get into legal trouble for implementing pinch-zoom and all that?
Not crippling innovation, promoting it! No, I'm serious.
Let Apple patent anything they want. Then, other companies will be forced to think harder about their interfaces and designs... and hopefully, come up with something amazing that no-one would have ever thought of had they just been able to go the easy route. Then they create a better product than Apple ever dreamed of, and it's all Apple's fault! :p
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I don't understand articles about multi-touch (win 7, palm pre etc.). Hasn't Apple patented certain gestures? I'm not saying Apple invented them or whatever, but won't non-Apple people get into legal trouble for implementing pinch-zoom and all that?
Well I hope they get counter sued back for crippling any sort of innovation
Not crippling innovation, promoting it! No, I'm serious.
Let Apple patent anything they want. Then, other companies will be forced to think harder about their interfaces and designs... and hopefully, come up with something amazing that no-one would have ever thought of had they just been able to go the easy route. Then they create a better product than Apple ever dreamed of, and it's all Apple's fault! :p
For the thousandth time ! the pinch gesture was first shown by Bell Labs in 1984.
@ Major4Play
Yes, and as I said before "I'm not saying Apple invented them"...
I want to know if there any legal implications, that's all, not glorifying apple in anyway.
It's disappointing because NOTHING NEW is brought to the table.