Actually, Apple had touch and pen screens way before the IPhone. Early in the 90S or late in the 80s Apple had the Newton. Far before that, around 1983 or so Apple had the Lisa which was a full sized computer with touch display.
Thanks Scott On Dec 16, 2010, at 11:28 PM, Andy Lane wrote: > Hey everyone, I don't have time to read the article right now but I > will later, I have a few thoughts about this situation though, Nokia > have been developing mobile equipment for the last 16 or so years, > apple have been in the business for 3. it seems to me that if Apple > are such newcomers they would be hard pressed to make a platform > without building on existing technologies already pioneered by apple. > Let us not forget that Nokia have dominated innovation on mobile > technologies for their entire existence. Everything you see in the > iPhone came first to Nokia other than a few interaction methods and > the app store. The difference is that Apple make things nice to use > and nokia make it feel like a weekend project. Obviously apple have > voiceover too which is enormous for us however purely from a > technological point of view I struggle to understand how apple can > make a phone which clearly uses existing technologies and therefore > patents without paying royalties. I agree that it is wrong to sue > people over money etc but maybe nokia and others have ligitimate > complaints. The only thing that is certain though is the lawyers get > richer than anyone else out of this. I'm just saying if apple have > had to borrow on progress made by Nokia, samsung, Sony/ericson etc. > maybe they should pay for what they have benefitted from. > > Sarah Alawami wrote: >> Will these suits if they go through make touch screens harder to use? read >> more: http://goo.gl/yZ0TQ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" 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/macvisionaries?hl=en.
