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Was Nokia’s patent lawsuit against Apple a pre-emptive strike?
Yesterday we reported that Nokia launched a lawsuit against Apple claiming that the iPhone infringes on a number of Nokia patents which relate to technologies that make devices compatible with wireless LAN standards. Regardless of whether or not Nokia has a solid case, it’s interesting that they waited until the third iteration of the iPhone before […]
Continue reading...Apple introduces new multitouch “Magic Mouse”
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
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In addition to new iMacs, Apple also introduced a new multitouch mouse it calls the “Magic Mouse” From Apple’s website: Seamless Multi-Touch Surface … The Multi-Touch area covers the top surface of Magic Mouse, and the mouse itself is the button. Scroll in any direction with one finger, swipe through web pages and photos with […]
Continue reading...Report: Apple planning to introduce new touch sensitive mouse that will do away with the scroll ball
Friday, October 2, 2009
Fresh off a report from last week suggesting that Apple was planning to revamp its Mighty Mouse in conjunction with an expected iMac refresh, comes news from AppleInsider which sheds a lot more light on what sort of changes we can expect to see when Apple re-invents the mouse. The Mighty Mouse, in its current […]
Continue reading...Do new features in Snow Leopard and iPhone OS 3.0 hint at an Apple tablet
Tuesday, June 16, 2009
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Erica Ogg over at CNET raises the interesting idea that newly touted features in Snow Leopard and the upcoming iPhone OS 3.0 update both hint at an Apple tablet. Ogg points out that many of the new user interface features from Apple work to minimize the number of requisite mouse clicks and/or keyboard strokes. As […]
Continue reading...A few of the Snow Leopard features not mentioned during the WWDC Keynote
Friday, June 12, 2009
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Don’t let Snow Leopard’s $29 price-tag fool you. Despite all of the under the hood enhancements the new OS will bring, there won’t be a short supply of new features for users to enjoy. While the feature list certainly won’t be as extensive as it was for OSX 10.5 Leopard, it’s definitely not anything to […]
Continue reading...Apple sued over use of Multi-touch in its products
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
Forget about Apple suing Palm over its use of mult-touch on the Palm Pre, Apple now finds itself the defendant in a lawsuit brought by Taiwanese chip design company Elan Microelectronics over alleged infringement related to touchscreen patents. Elan is angling for an injunction against Apple that would prevent it from selling iPhone’s, iPod’s, and […]
Continue reading...Steve Ballmer on touchscreens, and why Windows Mobile is in trouble
Saturday, March 21, 2009
Check out this a quote from Steve Ballmer as he discusses touchscreens and the lack of multi-touch in Windows Mobile: Windows Mobile 6.5 has touch on it. The way Apple does touch drives cost. [The] way they do it on the iPhone is not an inexpensive component. We’ll do it in a way that you […]
Continue reading...Wednesday Night Link Roundup
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Apple’s multi-touch designer describes his inspiration – MacRumors Gene Munster of Piper Jaffray reports declining Mac sales – CNET iPhones now 33% of Rogers’ smartphone sales – Electronista AT&T hopes to rollout 4G technology by 2011 – Macworld Apple makes online music lessons easy with GarageBand – USA Today Apple buying up available flash RAM […]
Continue reading...Sunday Evening Link Roundup
Monday, February 16, 2009
Fart Wars: iFart Mobile looks to prevent trademark of “Pull My Finger” – Smoking Apples with more coverage by Joel Comm himself over here. Apple Store coming to Brooklyn? – Fortune Metallica discography box to be launched as iTunes exclusive – Macworld Customizable 4-Finger Multi-Touch Gestures Planned by Apple? – MacRumors Apple Store Decor: Revelator […]
Continue reading...Tech writers and multi-touch madness
Sunday, February 15, 2009
Daniel Eran Dilger has an interesting article up over at Roughly Drafted where he discusses just how ridiculous the discussion over Apple “patenting multi-touch” has become. Despite what some tech writers and websites would have you believe, Apple has never claimed or attempted to patent multi-touch technology, and in fact, the technology has been around […]
Continue reading...Palm CEO downplays potential patent dispute with Apple
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Palm CEO Ed Colligan said today that Palm doesn’t envision running into any legal trouble with Apple over their implementation of multi-touch in the upcoming Palm Pre. If you recall, Tim Cook noted at Apple’s last earnings conference call that Apple would vigorously defend its IP, and the blogosphere quickly jumped on that statement and […]
Continue reading...Apple asked Google not to use multi-touch in Android
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Citing a developer who supposedly worked on Android, VentureBeat is reporting that Apple asked Google not to implement multi-touch technology in its Android mobile OS, and that Google, obviously, complied. The implementation of multi-touch on the iPhone gives it a key advantage over competing phones such as the G1 and the BlackBerry Storm, and it raises the […]
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Friday, October 23, 2009
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