Posts by jsebrech

Quote:Originally Posted by SolipsismX Let me get this straight. Apple's efforts are invalidated in your mind because the year before Apple releases a full fledged product they spent many years developing and have patents on...

If you can't see pinch to zoom in that video, try this one from february 2006:   http://www.ted.com/talks/jeff_han_demos_his_breakthrough_touchscreen.html   2:36 shows one-handed pinch to zoom out, a few seconds later...

Quote: Originally Posted by hill60    They could remove the disputed features from their devices, couldn't they and then they wouldn't have to pay anything.   I guess you didn't think of...

250 million total for 2010 would amount to 20% of what apple spent on R&D that year, across all its divisions and its entire product lineup. The iphone is rumored to have cost 150 million to develop, so they're asking for more...

Quote:Originally Posted by Bilbo63 At the end of the day, we have very little privacy and what privacy we do have is tough to enforce. Enforcing privacy requires government intervention, like what the FTC did. We need laws like the...

The rubber banding patent is a red herring. Apple originally sued Nokia, RIM and Samsung over it, and Nokia and RIM settled out of court and paid for a license. Samsung refused to pay for a license, so they went to court, and they lost...

Quote: Originally Posted by mieswall  Even so, if Apple's icons resembled other popular icons (that's why the word "icon" means, after all), I doubt they were trying to copy anybody, it would be absurd to "downgrade"...

Thought I'd mention this: [sarcasm]So, it's clear that samsung were copying skype here, you can tell by the angle of the handset.[/sarcasm]   Now, I DO think samsung copied apple's icons (too much coincidence). However, I...