Many folk have asked why Android didn't ship with multi-touch, even though it Google had demonstrated it before the fledgling operating system was released.
Well, the answer may be very simple;
Apple asked them not to, according to a report cited by MobileCrunch.
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And another strange addition to the tale, from John Gruber.
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Bass
I need better writers.
That explains why the iPhone is the only phone on the market with multitouch. I'm pretty sure they have acquired non-trivial patents on the technology.
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Maddus Mattus
Maddus on C9, Is often controversial, But fun none-the-less -evildictaitor
Still amazes me how one can patent touching a device with more then one finger,...Bass said:That explains why the iPhone is the only phone on the market with multitouch. I'm pretty sure they have acquired non-trivial patents on the technology.
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BlackTiger
If you stumbled and fell down, it doesn't mean yet, that you're going in the wrong direction.
US patent system rocks-n-rulez!Maddus Mattus said:
Still amazes me how one can patent touching a device with more then one finger,...Bass said:*snip*
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foreachdev
Twitter: @foreachdev
I would have something of substance to say. But I am off patenting using forehead pounding as a input technique. Involves IPhone and a high level of frustration. I call it IStressKit.BlackTiger said:
US patent system rocks-n-rulez!Maddus Mattus said:*snip*
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Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, is a member of Apple's board of directors.
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Maddus Mattus
Maddus on C9, Is often controversial, But fun none-the-less -evildictaitor
I smell a conspiracy!joechung said:Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, is a member of Apple's board of directors.
Apple is pulling a Microsoftie! -
GoddersUK
My five year mission: To boldly split infinitives that no Niner has split before!
ouchjoechung said:Eric Schmidt, Google CEO, is a member of Apple's board of directors.
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