As a complete ignorant on patents and stuff like that I wonder: This means nobody ever can make multitouch phones or anything like that?
I know the patent works for cellphones/mid but not for computers, since Windows 7 will have multitouch. On Wed, Feb 11, 2009 at 11:05 AM, Al Sutton <a...@funkyandroid.com> wrote: > > I don't think Apple had much to do with the 3.5mm jack decision because > Nokias N95 has a 3.5mm jack and has been on sale in the US since 2007, > and HTC are well known for not including a 3.5mm jack on their 'phones. > > If it's true then Android really is going to be an also-ran because > it'll be left with all the features that Apple consider not useful > enough to want to protect. > > Al. > > Michael Martin wrote: > > We all know about Apple asking Google to not include multi-touch but > > according to an Apple employee they also asked not to include the > > 3.5mm input due to an interesting patent. > > > > http://www.googleandblog.com/why-no-g1-35mm-headphone-jack/3750/ > > > > > > > > > > -- > ====== > Funky Android Limited is registered in England & Wales with the > company number 6741909. The registered head office is Kemp House, > 152-160 City Road, London, EC1V 2NX, UK. > > The views expressed in this email are those of the author and not > necessarily those of Funky Android Limited, it's associates, or it's > subsidiaries. > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Android Developers" group. To post to this group, send email to android-developers@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to android-developers-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
