Possibilities are infinite. Old limited concept of "gaming" is over. Add this to Rockband or Guitar Hero and get extra points for how much you dance, or whether or not you play behind your head/back. Take a fitness class or kung-fu class that recognizes if you're performing the activity correctly. (add a heartrate monitor).
Better yet combine this with a virtual-reality style headset and do whatever you want. Make a virtual SIMS game and sell a 100million Xboxes to girls.
Ellianth, relax. The patent system is set up to reward people for sharing their INVENTIONS with the public. One of the biggest misunderstandings that most people have about patents, including the inventors themselves and the assignees of the patents (owners), is that an invention (as defined by congress) is an idea and not a product. If a product includes the idea, then it is covered by the patent.
Furthermore, the claims of this patent, i.e. the part that defines what rights this kid has, doesnt say anything about a pen or a pen-sized object, or a battery or any of the other things most of you people take issue with. So... there's no reason this couldn't be built in a big-ass box.
FYI, a design patent only covers the parts that are drawn with solid lines. So all the doted line stuff isn't included, e.g. the keyboard. So it looks like anything with tapered edges, a screen and that thing next to the screen (dont know much about kindles) would infringe. BTW, design patents don't have to be all that interesting to be allowed by the Patent Office, and in fairness, it prevents copycats from making exact replicas of a product.
Exactly. Real gamers don't understand how much money there is to be made from extremely casual adult gamers who just want something fun and easy, and would love it if they already knew how to play the game.
For example, I'm going to buy a DSi and the Legend of Zelda off the DSi shop as soon as it's available.
When are they gonna figure out a way to deal with the other smell that seeps out of my underpants. After my taco bell lunch, I could use a different kind of odor-free underwear.
Does anyone have any evidence regarding this "plural of lego is lego" business. I mean, I agree that a pile of lego bricks is not "a pile of legos," but I'm not sure it's "a pile of lego" either. It seems like there may be no such thing as a "lego." I couldnt find any reference on the website to one or more lego bricks being referred to as either one lego or a plurality of lego.
This is the major problem with most "consumer" arguments. It's all based on what "I want." When you buy a DVD. You are not purchasing the movie. You are purchasing a copy of the movie and certain rights enabling you to play the movie in certain ways. If you want to buy "the movie" it's going to cost you a lot more than twelve dollars.
And who are the people on this blog who are constantly talking about how ABC company isn't interested in the consumer's interests... No shit!!! What do you people do for a living? Businesses are only interested in pleasing consumers to the point that they can retain their business. That's how business works. If a company does a really good job of pleasing the consumers, they'll get a lot of business (Apple) but they're not pleasing the consumers for the consumer's benefit, they're pleasing them for their own benefit.
Engadget comments are usually almost entirely consumer-interest minded. The fact that there are a significant number of people seeing the Author's Guild's point on this, indicates that they're going to win this one.
Wait. So, as evidence for why Open Tech Inc. is in trouble here, you sight Apple's complaint against Psystar? Did the issue with Psystar get resolved, did the court rule in Apple's favor. It seems pretty obvious that the arguments against Open Tech are going to be the same as those against Psystar. That doesn't mean they're right, or will be successful.
Further, you're (Paul Miller) referencing the potential lawsuit as a reason the computer is "not desirable." Are you advising me not to buy the computer? Is that legal advice?
Why doesn't engadget go back to reporting tech news. It seems safer.
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Add this to Rockband or Guitar Hero and get extra points for how much you dance, or whether or not you play behind your head/back.
Take a fitness class or kung-fu class that recognizes if you're performing the activity correctly. (add a heartrate monitor).
Better yet combine this with a virtual-reality style headset and do whatever you want. Make a virtual SIMS game and sell a 100million Xboxes to girls.