On Friday 22 January 2010 04:09:21 Fredrik Olofsson wrote:
> 21 jan 2010 kl. 17.27 skrev nescivi:
> > On Thursday 21 January 2010 10:49:18 Tom Lieber wrote:
> > In the US, the android o/s has
> >
> >>>> multitouch disabled, because Apple have the US software patent on
> >>>> touching your computer in more than one place at the same time.
> >>>> Software patents may well come to Europe in the near future.
> >>>
> >>> From when does this patent date?
> >>> I've seen multitouch surfaces (not from Apple) a long time before
> >>> the
> >>> iPhone came out, so just wondering...
> >>
> >> These seem to be the relevant patents:
> >>
> >> http://www.google.com/patents?q=apple%20multi-touch&btnG=Search%20Patent
> >>s&a s_psrg=1
> >
> > Hmm... I think I saw Sukandar Kartadinata use a multitouch gestural
> > keyboard
> > for his laptop computer in 2003, which would make these patents
> > (which seem a
> > bit specific in what they do from a quick first glance) invalid
> > because of
> > prior art. I don't remember from which manufacturer he got the
> > keyboard...
>
> i saw his fingerworks keyboard as well and got so impressed i
> considered getting one myself.
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FingerWorks
> then apple bought up the company (including patent) and stopped
> production. :-(
oops...
proofs the point Alex is making though.
sincerely,
Marije
Received on Fri Jan 22 2010 - 16:04:59 GMT