Figured it might be you TS. I doubt many here had any idea.
I thought that "Internet" was common knowledge for the naming of the iMac. I remember there were other 'i' names applied to it but Internet is the one that was most prominent. If quizzed on the other 'i' names anything else I got right would have just been an educated guess.
Figured it might be you TS. I doubt many here had any idea.
I thought that "Internet" was common knowledge for the naming of the iMac. I remember there were other 'i' names applied to it but Internet is the one that was most prominent. If quizzed on the other 'i' names anything else I got right would have just been an educated guess.
I thought that "Internet" was common knowledge for the naming of the iMac. I remember there were other 'i' names applied to it but Internet is the one that was most prominent. If quizzed on the other 'i' names anything else I got right would have just been an educated guess.
I love this phone, and I still have it sitting around someplace! Just think back to December 2006 when none of this was possible, probable, or even in most mind's imagination. Now we complain about such things never conceived before in a phone until the iPhone.
I'd still be rocking my StarTAC if it weren't for Apple lol.
I have to admit, my favorite mobile phone I've ever owned prior to the iPhone was the StarTac. That phone was built like a tank, very tactile buttons, bright red display and many times I didn't even have to look at the display to dial a phone number, just a few pre-programmed steps with the side rocker-switch. I really liked it.
Very close second was the original Razr.
What a pity Motorola went downhill afterwards. Management got too cushy as corporate suits usually do and fell asleep at the wheel.
Just a note: the patent covers the design of the metal ring around the phone, not the phone itself.
The US Patent Office website is so bad I can't tell if you are right or if you are joking but it's interesting if true. Apple no longer uses the annular ring, they gave it up with this recent generation.
They also don't make the back or the screen the same way as the original iPhone either so even if this is a patent on the whole device design, it's almost completely irrelevant already.
Yes, the IPhone has kept it form factor similar, it still features its two ports(headphone has moved). Still features multiple microphones. Those are things apple could change in future, now It also still features home button, IOS volume controls on side and sleep/wake in same location.
The US Patent Office website is so bad I can't tell if you are right or if you are joking but it's interesting if true. Apple no longer uses the annular ring, they gave it up with this recent generation.
KaiserJay is right about it being just a design patent for the bezel.
Dashed lines are not usually part of a design nclaim. Only solid lines are.
So in this case, the only design item they asked for was this particular shaped bezel, which I marked in yellow:
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Originally Posted by MacRulez
Which will last longer, that or:
http://www.google.com/patents/US6368227
It's… it's cited in a Samsung transistor patent… wh…
Apple could put new guts in it and call it the iPhone Classic.
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Originally Posted by Tallest Skil
Tricky tricky.
Figured it might be you TS. I doubt many here had any idea.
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Originally Posted by Gatorguy
Quiz time: How many know why Apple products begin with an "i"?
If you're impatient or give up, the answer is here in the first 30 seconds:
Well, that vid just made me sad.
I thought that "Internet" was common knowledge for the naming of the iMac. I remember there were other 'i' names applied to it but Internet is the one that was most prominent. If quizzed on the other 'i' names anything else I got right would have just been an educated guess.
I thought that "Internet" was common knowledge for the naming of the iMac. I remember there were other 'i' names applied to it but Internet is the one that was most prominent. If quizzed on the other 'i' names anything else I got right would have just been an educated guess.
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Originally Posted by SolipsismX
I thought that "Internet" was common knowledge for the naming of the iMac. I remember there were other 'i' names applied to it but Internet is the one that was most prominent. If quizzed on the other 'i' names anything else I got right would have just been an educated guess.
i thought it was common knowledge as well.
Originally Posted by Gatorguy
Figured it might be you TS. I doubt many here had any idea.
Originally Posted by SolipsismX
I thought that "Internet" was common knowledge for the naming of the iMac.
So did I. But it might be one of those "what's common knowledge for me isn't for the layman" things.
'Course people do forget a lot since '98, eh?
Well, common among the PC tech industry, not the general populace.
The headline
"Apple wins patent for first iPhone, designed by Jobs & Ive"
reminds me of "Currier and Ives"....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Currier_and_Ives
And if you read the link, you can actually see a few parallels...
I'd still be rocking my StarTAC if it weren't for Apple lol.
I love this phone, and I still have it sitting around someplace! Just think back to December 2006 when none of this was possible, probable, or even in most mind's imagination. Now we complain about such things never conceived before in a phone until the iPhone.
Amazing work guys!
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Originally Posted by dasanman69
I'd still be rocking my StarTAC if it weren't for Apple lol.
I have to admit, my favorite mobile phone I've ever owned prior to the iPhone was the StarTac. That phone was built like a tank, very tactile buttons, bright red display and many times I didn't even have to look at the display to dial a phone number, just a few pre-programmed steps with the side rocker-switch. I really liked it.
Very close second was the original Razr.
What a pity Motorola went downhill afterwards. Management got too cushy as corporate suits usually do and fell asleep at the wheel.
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Originally Posted by island hermit
i thought it was common knowledge as well.
I guess either most of us either knew or read it in the book.
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Originally Posted by KaiserJay
Just a note: the patent covers the design of the metal ring around the phone, not the phone itself.
The US Patent Office website is so bad I can't tell if you are right or if you are joking but it's interesting if true. Apple no longer uses the annular ring, they gave it up with this recent generation.
They also don't make the back or the screen the same way as the original iPhone either so even if this is a patent on the whole device design, it's almost completely irrelevant already.
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Originally Posted by Evilution
I guess either most of us either knew or read it in the book.
... or we watched the intro video a bazillion times when the iMac was introduced.
[it was Steve's first new product of round 2]
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Originally Posted by Gazoobee
The US Patent Office website is so bad I can't tell if you are right or if you are joking but it's interesting if true. Apple no longer uses the annular ring, they gave it up with this recent generation.
KaiserJay is right about it being just a design patent for the bezel.
Dashed lines are not usually part of a design nclaim. Only solid lines are.
So in this case, the only design item they asked for was this particular shaped bezel, which I marked in yellow: