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Nexus One Update Fixes 3G, Adds Multitouch
snydeq writes "Google is pushing out an update for the Nexus One that will fix a 3G connectivity problem and add limited support for multitouch. After receiving over 1,500 messages in a support forum from people complaining about trouble connecting to 3G, Google said it has identified the problem and has started delivering the fix. In addition to fixing 3G, the update adds the first applications to support multitouch. While the recent versions of the Android OS include multitouch capability, no phone in the US has supported it."
I've heard rumors, that the zooming gesture won't be officially supported, because it would violate Apple patents. Does anyone know anything about that?
Rumors only so far. Apple hasn't sued Palm for it.
Perhaps, but that doesn't necessarily mean that they aren't infringing
Mainly because Apple is violating tons of Palms patents and they don't want to wake that (IP) giant.
And your evidence of that is... what?
... and then they built the supercollider.
Palm has US Patent #7,268,775 [google.com] for dymanic screen brightness and #7,231,208 [google.com] for managing a phone call. Those are from the article that tacroy mentioned.
Two patents isn't a "ton" and they have not been proven to be infringing.
But also, remember that Palm has been making mobile devices since 1992. I'm sure they've got patents on quite a few things that Apple is using.
That may very well be, but what I object to is people making statements as if they are outright facts, when no actual proof has been discovered.
The cited article was basically based on Palm trash-talking Apple. If Palm believes their patents are so strong, why didn't they just go ahead and sue?
The way these non-facts are presented as facts on slashdot is pretty annoying. It would be like if Steve Ballmer stated that using Linux caused cancer, and the next day posters on slashdot were stating that Linux causes cancer as a fact, just because Ballmer said it.
... and then they built the supercollider.
Quite possibly they could - but until it gets decided by the courts, this is all just speculation. Which is what I have a problem with - stating speculation as facts. Had the poster said that Apple is potentially violating, or is accused of violating, that would be a different matter.
The double-standards around here are interesting, too. When SCO accused Linux of violating its patents, did slashdotters immediately start stating that Linux users are patent violators as fact? Or did they go on about how patents are evil and should be stopped?
... and then they built the supercollider.