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Apple Seeks To Block 8 Samsung Products After Court Win
angry tapir writes "Apple has asked a U.S. court to block sales of eight Samsung Electronics products, following the iPhone maker's victory in a patent lawsuit against Samsung. In a filing to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, Apple asked for preliminary injunctions against seven smartphones carrying its Galaxy brand, plus the Droid Charge. It based the requests on a jury's ruling on Friday that Samsung had infringed several Apple patents. Apple said it wants the preliminary injunction pending a final injunction."
If a fucking bounce effect costs billions to use, how fucking much do you think a fucking complete mobile phone would cost?
Well Apple pays Nokia I think 8 Euros per phone for their patents. Motorola is arguing they are owed 2.5% (which on a $700 phone is a lot of money). So the answer is quite a bit.
Its not like Apple waddled into a vacuum and suddenly made a phone nobody had ever done before with never unheard of components.
Actually that's pretty much exactly what happened. The combination of:
a) web based interface
b) animation based UI interactions
c) capacitive touchscreen alone
was a collection of components that had never been used together before. That's how Apple ended up inventing so many of the technologies that went into Android. That's what's causing the trouble.
Your bounce effect is important because of the focus on the web. A bounce is an animation. You need the animation because you are using a touchscreen and not a slider to advance down the webpage so the operator likes feedback.