“We don’t mind competition, but if others rip off our intellectual property, we will go after them,” said Apple executive Tim Cook about iPhone competition. A follow-up question specifically mentioned the Palm Pre by name, since the Pre has some very iPhone elements, like multitouch and touchscreen gesture technology.
SlashGear wrote:
Both the Pre and the iPhone have capacitive panels capable of recognising multiple points of contact and complex gestures; judging by the state of the technology, it’s fair to assume that today’s implementations of multitouch are simply scratching the surface of what is possible. Palm is believed to be using a capacitive panel by Cypress Semiconductors, who boast their technology is capable of individually tracking ten touch-points; the origin of the iPhone touch panel is still unknown, although in Cypress’ video demo they do show the Apple smartphone at several points.
[via SlashGear]
The comments made reaffirm that Apple is vigilant about protecting their intellectual property but in no way do they hint, as the post title states, at any future dispute where the Pre is concerned.
I’ve had my Pre considering that shortly immediately after launch and am glad to find (as a result of this forum) that I can now set a ring tone on incoming text messages and can seek by means of e-mails and such. Now is there any hope for an upcoming launch in which I can research my calendar? Would make my work very much easier, locating dates of final appointments. No other complaints, except that yesterday I had been in and out of Sprint assistance (not unusual). I think I used to be roaming, and looked at my calendar. Almost everything within the calendar was one hour earlier than what I had input. The clock was 1 hour early as nicely. I was afraid to death–then, after we got back into Sprint provider yet again, every thing was normalized. Has this happened to any person else?? Hunting forward to answers, but please remember, I’m no techie and speak English as opposed to technospeak.
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