Does anybody think Apple would/not/ have implemented swipe to unlock because their competitors would copy it? How many research man hours went into this startling invention?
Apparently Apple was not first with swipe to unlock anyway: http://www.androidcentral.com/apple-granted-patent-slide-unlock-even-though-it-existed-2-years-they-invented-it
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Does anybody think Apple would /not/ have implemented swipe to unlock because their competitors would copy it? How many research man hours went into this startling invention?
Apparently Apple was not first with swipe to unlock anyway:
http://www.androidcentral.com/apple-granted-patent-slide-unlock-even-though-it-existed-2-years-they-invented-it
I see "ring of death" is still up for grabs.