http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/
Definitely relevant to my post.]]>Apr 3rd 2010 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 8:21AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/You said it. I've been wanting something like this for a while. I think many people are surprised at how much they game on the iPhone and this would drive sales greatly at the right price point and with developer support. I just hope that Apple has a long-term view on it and sells it cheap to drive game sales rather than try to make a buck off it.]]>Apr 3rd 2010 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/

"Apple introduces a new technology that will revolutionize handhelds forever: BUTTONS!!!"]]>Apr 3rd 2010 8:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/
they could just be patenting it so nobody, including apple, will make one]]>Apr 3rd 2010 9:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/He and his friends have been working on this for over a year now.
its called the icontrolpad.

Apple cant just screw them over and steal there design.]]>Apr 3rd 2010 11:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 11:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/The problem with the icontrolpad is that it's third-party. No developers will ever support some third-party product from some unknown manufacturer. Their effort is completely wasted. This is only useful if you have games that support it.]]>Apr 3rd 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/42224-our-other-non-pandora-project-iphone-dpad]]>Apr 3rd 2010 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 3:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 8:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/
And wouldn't http://www.thinkgeek.com/stuff/41/iCade.shtml?icpg=Carousel_iCade_1 count as prior art?]]>Apr 3rd 2010 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 8:24AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/
EXACTLY!

HOW CAN THEY PATENT SOME ONE ELSE'S IDEA?!!!]]>Apr 3rd 2010 8:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/a) actually believable despite the submission date and
b) after them acting like patent trolls it wouldn't surprise me if afterwards they went after the people who had and used the idea first.]]>Apr 3rd 2010 9:04AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/even SE had this on their phones and so did nokia.]]>Apr 3rd 2010 11:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/
The patent office is no longer a place to insure your ideas, it's simply a tool for patent trolls to destroy innovative companies.]]>Apr 3rd 2010 2:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 8:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/
They didn't copy anything, it's a patent application.]]>Apr 3rd 2010 8:38AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 9:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/apple plagarism at it's greatest...]]>Apr 5th 2010 4:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 8:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/I mean - just the date and the "0815" -- too bad they didn't use 4 8 15 16 23 42 ...]]>Apr 3rd 2010 8:37AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/I didn't know USPTO is willing to upload fake patent applications on their database just so Apple can pull an april fools joke. I guess Apple has even more influence with the US government than I thought...

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=/netahtml/PTO/search-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=20100081505&OS=20100081505&RS=20100081505]]>Apr 3rd 2010 9:10AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 8:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 8:55AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/
one day they will start making HDTV's and people will say that they are better than sony's or samsung's................

]]>Apr 3rd 2010 9:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 9:08AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 9:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 9:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/
Used to be a time when you had to show a currently marketed product to get a patent.]]>Apr 3rd 2010 9:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 9:32AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/
This is really fk up of Apple. They just blatantly rip-off someone else ideas.]]>Apr 3rd 2010 9:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/as long as someone can show it's prior art they can nullify apple's patent. then again apple has the inside network with the USPTO.]]>Apr 3rd 2010 11:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 10:02AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Anyone who has tried to play an action game on an iPhone knows that this is not a gaming device. And if you think that playing casual games like Bejeweled and Words makes this a gaming device, you're not really a gamer. ]]>Apr 3rd 2010 10:06AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 10:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 10:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/http://www.engadget.com/2010/04/03/apple-patent-application-shocker-games-need-buttons/Apr 3rd 2010 11:26AM