Always makes me laugh when someone states the
truth and then all the Applelettes, iPhoney,
iPhail fans start crawling out of the wood
work. In order to defend a company that is not
a true hardware manufacturer.
When the chips boards, pieces and parts all
come from factories they don't own and are in
other REAL PC's instead of Intel PC Clones!
...yeah Intel Macs are simply x86 PC clones.
iPhone's chips are the same chips used in other
brands. The Touch interface chip technology is
old (1976 bank atm had it).
Multiple touch feature has been there from the
beginning (Kiosk Touch interface). Apple's
patents are so generic as to be a joke. You can
not patent a new use for an old device. Only
new devices and that excludes the patenting of
iDeas that merely change how something is used.
The only thing Apple really owns is the Multi-
touch Trademark. Call it what you want, but
Apple licensed Touch and rebranded it Multi-
Touch. It doesn't do anything it didn't already
have the ability to do before. Pinch Zoom puts
it in the same category if trademarked. Other
than that, it's like Windsurfer makers being
forced to call their craft Sailboards.
But why in the world do all you Apple Zealots
persist in thinking Apple can do no wrong is
beyond what most real people think about Apple!
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