I was involved in a tablet/pad project around 2000/2001. The idea
does date back way before that.
What any of that has to do with Apple is beyond me.
It's like saying the mobile phone idea has been around for ages, and
therefore Motorola did nothing new by introducing one.
That's just stupid.
Flying humans to mars is a very old idea too - but has anyone actually
been able to do it? Will it be an achievement when someone does?
What about interstellar travel, or time travel, they have also been
thought of ages ago, so when someone makes machines for that,
you'll say - so what, someone had a concept for that years ago?
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Update:
OK - I read your link.
What you forgot to say was multitouch patented.
The iPad is not Apple's first multi-touch device, Apple is not launching
Multi-Touch now, they are launching a 'pad' style device that has their
existing multi-touch technology.
The question is what patents do Lemur have on multi-touch?
Because they definitely don't have an iPad like device.
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