In my opinion, the patent is worthless. Multi-touch has been in use long before the iphone started using it. A good example of this is
www.jazzmutant.com I hope Android will have multi-touch in a future update because of this. On Jan 28, 4:08 am, technick <techn...@gmail.com> wrote: > The US is in need of some major copyright reform. Apple should of > never been granted the patient on multi-touch interfaces, as its the > next natural progression from a single touch interface. > > On Jan 27, 2:05 pm, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> wrote: > > > The most intelligent solution would be disabling it in the firmware > > shipped in the US. Most handst manufacturers are based in the far east, > > T-Mobile can ship them to whomever they want outside the US, and > > developers working outside the US can continue to work on it. > > > The same approach was used with encryption in pre-2006 where I could > > order a VPN server from any number of European or far east websites > > which, technically, if I took into the US or left the US with I could be > > charged as an arms smuggler under US law. > > > If your country has laws that prevent you getting a technology you > > should talk to the politicians about changing the law, not try and > > remove the functionality from devices shipped to those of us in the free > > world. > > > Al. > > > JP wrote: > > > 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 <a...@funkyandroid.com> 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. > > > -- > > ====== > > 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 android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
