Apple vs. Palm Round 1... FIGHT!

[ch1nchilla]

http://www.tgdaily.com/html_tmp/content-view-41207-128.html

Chicago (IL) - The announcement of Palm's new smartphone (dubbed Pre) has clearly sent shivers down Apple's spine; partly because several key engineers with a deep knowledge of Apple's secrets switched over to Palm, but mainly because Pre is the first iPhone rival to use multi-fingered gestures like pinch zoom. Armed with the 358 page iPhone patent awarded last week, Timothy Cook who runs Apple in Jobs' absence has now threatened Palm with legal action. Palm is not letting on that it's shaken, but make no mistake - too much is at stake here:  Both Palm's very survival and iPhone's fate. If the two companies meet in court, it could turn out to be the most interesting and entertaining lawsuit of 2009 (or the decade).

I hope Palm gets its ass kicked just for dicking around for so long without releasing anything fresh.

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and because I have an iPhone and do not want it de-throned 

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[Cheebs]

iPhone

[Rman]

Competition is good regardless.  Patent law in the US is really ridiculous. 

[brawndolicious]

Palm's argument seems reasonable.  We need malek or somebody smart in here to dissect the wording of the patent though.

IMHO, fuck the iphone.  Palm winning allows everybody to hop onto the touch screen gimmickry.  Then the fad gets old and people will remember that buttons are better for texting.

[Rman]

I don't think Malek is going to read 358 page tech patent.

[drozmight]

apple has a patent on the pinch zoom?

I've seen that elsewhere.  Like on those cofee table computers Microsoft put out.  Whatever the fuck they're called.

[Cheebs]

Palm's argument seems reasonable.  We need malek or somebody smart in here to dissect the wording of the patent though.

IMHO, fuck the iphone.  Palm winning allows everybody to hop onto the touch screen gimmickry.  Then the fad gets old and people will remember that buttons are better for texting.

Buttons are far better for texting but for everything else on the iphone, touch screen is the only way.

[CurseoftheGods]

Apple

[pilonv1]

i've seen plenty of laptop touchpads with pinch/multi touch movements. even my eee pc has it.

apple

[Diunx]

You can patent a fucking gesture? I call dibs on the middle finger.

[brawndolicious]

There's actually a patent for "swinging" on a swing.

[dammitmattt]

apple has a patent on the pinch zoom?

I've seen that elsewhere.  Like on those cofee table computers Microsoft put out.  Whatever the fuck they're called.

Surface

[Guybrush Threepwood]

software patents