Peter Binder When Apple introduced its first iPhone, Steve Jobs showed how to unlock the device. People were kidnapped. Just swipe from left to right and the iPhone is unlocked. It was simply a revolution.
For several years since then, smartphone manufacturers and touch screen mobile operating system designers have been trying to copy Apple's unique implementation. They want to achieve a high bar set by the magical designers from Cupertino.
As of last week, Apple finally owns the patent it applied for three years ago (i.e. in 2007) for two distinctive features of the iPhone. These are "slide to unlock" on a locked phone and letters popping out when typing on the keyboard. It may not even occur to the average user that these are properties that need to be patented. However, the opposite is true.
Apple has learned from past years. He didn't patent the appearance of his operating system. Microsoft took Apple's idea as its own, and the result was a several-year legal dispute that began with Apple filing a lawsuit in 1988. It lasted four years, and the decision was upheld on appeal in 1994. The dispute eventually ended with an out-of-court settlement and a cross-grant of patents.
United States Patent and Trademark Office (Editor's note: United States Patent and Trademark Office) granted Apple two patents last week entitled “Animated graphical user interface for a display or parts thereof”.
Thanks to this fact, Steve Jobs can now unlock and lock his iPhone as he pleases. They don't have to worry about whether any of the competing smartphone manufacturers are copying this feature.
Source: www.tuaw.com
So, what will the sciiPhone manufacturers do now, or what exactly is the name of the 1500-auro device that I got my hands on last week?
It's China anyway, so they'll happily copy it and some idiots will buy it as a phone, no joke
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Here is: pbinder@ymail.com