I speculate one of the reasons that multi-touch was not in the Android "package" because the patent was pending. I predict that noone outside Apple will touch multi-touch even with a 10ft. pole (pun intended).
The bigger issue in my view is gesture-based scrolling, which *is* part of Android and which happens to be claimed in the patent. Somebody enlighten us how this is not going to be a battle down the road? On Jan 27, 9:52 am, Al Sutton <[email protected]> wrote: > It's only a US patent and the world is a big place. > > All it means is that if anyone has a Multi-Touch innovation and wants to > play it safe will stay out of the US market. > > Welcome to America, the land of the free, well, as long as you have the > right lawyer that is. > > Al. > > robotissues wrote: > > via Slashdot .. > > >http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09%2F01%2F27%2F024242&from=rss > > > Does this really put the kabosh on multitouch on Android for the next > > 18 years? Anyone out there have any thoughts on this? > > >www.smileproject.com > > -- > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
