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Microsoft patent app shows off new user interface for mobiles {Engadget}
Oct 14th 2007 1:07PM Come on, it's not an iPhone ripoff, unless MS in the possession of a time machine. That is a continuation from a patent from year 2005, with the same imagery. If it would be a ripoff, then Apple would have ripped off this, but it's not even that.
Nokia's iPhone -- no, seriously {Engadget}
Aug 29th 2007 2:13PM Nokia came out with a touchscreen mobile phone (Nokia 7710) in 2003...
All future Chevys to be right-hand drive ready {Autoblog}
Mar 8th 2007 3:12AM The more times I see that design, the less I like it. It really is "fugly". Like the Flintstones would have designed a car.
QinetiQ develops mouse-less mousepad {Engadget}
Nov 21st 2006 10:54AM Again stating the obvious, but at least I'm using my mouse so that for the most parts my hand lies flat on the mousepad and I move the mouse lightly just with two fingers. This clearly doesn't seem to allow the same ease and accuracy than a mouse.
GM developing home-based hydrogen filling station {Engadget}
Oct 4th 2006 2:23AM But does it have a reciprocation dingle-arm to reduce sinusoidal deplenoration?
Nokia E62 (finally) hits Cingular {Engadget}
Sep 13th 2006 6:09AM Btw, E61 users, Nokia has now a working software update page available:
http://europe.nokia.com/A4151185
Many bug fixes and performance improvements. At least I updated mine just now without a hitch.
Inteset's "Julia" touchscreen-based MCE unit {Engadget}
Sep 11th 2006 2:42PM It's called fingerprints. On the viewing surface.
Second Apple patent filing du jour {Engadget}
Sep 8th 2006 12:01PM As far as I understand this application, Claim 1 says:
1. A hand-held electronic device, comprising: a multi-touch input surface; and a processing unit operatively connected to said multi-touch input surface, said processing unit capable of receiving a plurality of concurrent touch inputs from a user via said multi-touch input surface and discriminating a user requested action from the touch inputs; and a display device operatively coupled to the processing unit and configured to present a user interface.
This is an application for the multi-touch screen input device, where the device can then have multiple roles.
Of course devices with multiple roles have been around for a long time, you couldn't patent that anymore. Whether you switch between the roles with a switch or a main screen (as also found in the patent application) or whatever really makes no difference.
Cingular 3G option appears on Lenovo's ThinkPad page {Engadget}
Jun 21st 2006 6:57AM This is moderately offtopic, but as an European I really don't understand this whole main-in rebate thing. I mean, what's the point? Why can't they just directly lower the prices, why go through the hassle? Where did this thing start from?
Hands on with the Xbox 360 Live Vision, Wireless Headset, and Racing Wheel {Engadget}
May 10th 2006 5:13AM Isn't this then more like a "hands off!" article than "hands on"?...
