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  • There's a Mac audio bug that may have existed for more than 20 years

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    chasm said:
    Imagine shrugging and thinking to yourself “eh, it’s not a crisis, I’ll fix it Tuesday” every month for 20 years … :lol: 
    From what's been reported, this is standard procedure for Apple: bugs/issues from new releases get priority over old ones. I'm not surprised that something like this has happened; with software of even moderate complexity there are always bugs that will never be fixed because more important stuff crops up.

    Of course, if Steve had ever encountered this issue...
    ktappewatto_cobra

  • Apple Watch Series X won't work with old bands, claims leaker

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    If Apple switches to a magnetic system for connecting watch bands it would make sense to make a magnetic adapter for the existing watch bands.
    watto_cobra

  • Masimo open to an Apple Watch settlement, if Apple would only call

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    AppleInsider said:

    On the topic of the supposed attempt by Apple to thwart the ban with a software update, Kiani doubted it would work. "It shouldn't, because our patents are not about the software. They are about the hardware with the software."

    Nonsense. If the functionality is not available it doesn't matter how that was achieved.
    watto_cobra

  • Masimo open to an Apple Watch settlement, if Apple would only call

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    johnwhite1001 said:
    Or maybe Apple should just buy Masimo.  Masimo owns multiple names in audio like Marantz, Denon and Bowers Wilkins.  Apple would acquire not only some great medical products but some audio also.   
    I wonder if Apple is thinking about potential conflicts in the audio space. They can always just buy Masimo and divest the parts of it they don't want, but that's not really the Apple Way (i.e. isolate just the things you need and only get those).
    watto_cobra

  • Masimo open to an Apple Watch settlement, if Apple would only call

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    tht said:
    mikethemartian said:
    tht said:
    macbootx said:
    Looking at the line of sensor related products they sell, Masimo certainly doesn’t appear to be a patent troll. Hopefully Apple will negotiate a fair deal. 
    They are a patent troll. It's not mutually exclusive to have products while also being a patent troll. It's the way the game is often played as this is the way the USA gov't wants it, so companies play the game. Some are aggressive, some are not. It ebbs and flows.

    The ITC "determined" that Apple violated 2 claims of 1 patent granted 2021, which was the year after Apple introduced the Apple Watch 6. Those claims should be invalidated and I definitely can see why Apple isn't going to settle, for now. But play the game they must.
    You must be OK when people squat on other people’s land.
    Obviously not ok with that. Just want people to do the right thing so that everyone benefits.

    It's not hard to say that these aren't actually patents as we envision patents to be, where an actual design or product is protected. The patents are written in vague language for the express purpose of suing other entities that have anything resembling a blood oxygen device. There isn't any actual design or product in these patents.

    The language in the claims are like a "a worn device with at least 2 LEDs". To me, that should be an automatic invalidation for being too vague as they are trying to patent an idea and not an actual product.  There's not a product there. No actual implementation of a blood oxygen measurement device. If it was, they would say precisely how many lights, what wavelengths, what power levels, what materials, and what calibrations they need to make it work.

    These patents hold no engineering value, and if a company wanted to make a blood oxygen sensing device, they would have to develop the product from scratch. How could something be stolen, if so?
    If Apple thought the patents were worthless they would have tried to have them formally invalidated by the ITC - unless perhaps they thought it unlikely that they'd need to? Regardless, with the court case dragging on this long and the patents not invalidated and now the ITC investigation finding the claims to be violated... Apple's on the losing end of this one.
    Alex1N