given that, it may appear that nokia might be on the losing end of this argument. I sent a brief note off to nokia telling them that their actions are jeopardizing accessibility for millions of visually impaired users of mobile phone technology. all I have seen back thus far has been a form letter response.
-Eric On Dec 17, 2010, at 5:09 PM, Scott Granados wrote: > Actually, Apple had touch and pen screens way before the IPhone. > > Early in the 90S or late in the 80s Apple had the Newton. > Far before that, around 1983 or so Apple had the Lisa which was a full sized > computer with touch display. > > Thanks > Scott > > > > > On Dec 16, 2010, at 11:28 PM, Andy Lane wrote: > >> Hey everyone, I don't have time to read the article right now but I >> will later, I have a few thoughts about this situation though, Nokia >> have been developing mobile equipment for the last 16 or so years, >> apple have been in the business for 3. it seems to me that if Apple >> are such newcomers they would be hard pressed to make a platform >> without building on existing technologies already pioneered by apple. >> Let us not forget that Nokia have dominated innovation on mobile >> technologies for their entire existence. Everything you see in the >> iPhone came first to Nokia other than a few interaction methods and >> the app store. The difference is that Apple make things nice to use >> and nokia make it feel like a weekend project. Obviously apple have >> voiceover too which is enormous for us however purely from a >> technological point of view I struggle to understand how apple can >> make a phone which clearly uses existing technologies and therefore >> patents without paying royalties. I agree that it is wrong to sue >> people over money etc but maybe nokia and others have ligitimate >> complaints. The only thing that is certain though is the lawyers get >> richer than anyone else out of this. I'm just saying if apple have >> had to borrow on progress made by Nokia, samsung, Sony/ericson etc. >> maybe they should pay for what they have benefitted from. >> >> Sarah Alawami wrote: >>> Will these suits if they go through make touch screens harder to use? read >>> more: http://goo.gl/yZ0TQ >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "MacVisionaries" group. >> To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at >> http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "MacVisionaries" group. > To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to macvisionar...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to macvisionaries+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en.
