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#131
Originally Posted by sjgadsby View Post
Why is it "most likely" the first Maemo device with multitouch support won't have a capacitive screen? Nokia announced at the summit that Harmattan is being designed for multitouch, capacitive screen devices.
Rumors has it that Nokia's recent multi-touch patent for resistive screens wasn't made for fun.
 
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Originally Posted by Rauha View Post

Oh, and lots of bonuses for lawyers...
that has been the only certain thing allready from the beginning in this case
 
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Originally Posted by Enyibinakata View Post
Not that Nokia will mind - more iPhone's sold more royalties paid
We can expect FUD from either side of the fence.

..but as with SCO I'm not worried that I'm suddenly not allowed to use Linux (or in this case multi touch) anymore on my device.

Has Groklaw touched this subject already? I searched for Nokia and could not find it. Searching for Apple gives a timeout...
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#134
Ok guys, calm down now. I will right away call Apple and ask them to pay OUR Nokia one billion dollars immediately. Now, You Happy??

On a serious note, I really want them to pay Nokia for their bloody practices. I also want them to pay for making the poor public even dumber!! Deceiving is SIN!!

When Apple would be asked to pay Nokia the damages, I would be damn eager to read an article on i-Engadget saying "Nothing Happened Today, Lets Move on!!"
 

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#135
Engadget has posted in-depth analysis about the case. Well worth reading. http://www.engadget.com/2009/10/29/n...epth-analysis/

Includes this interesting chart:



Interesting to see Motorola as third largest patent holder. I allways thought it was Nokia-Ericsson-Qualcomm.

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#136
Originally Posted by c0rt3x View Post
Rumors has it that Nokia's recent multi-touch patent for resistive screens wasn't made for fun.
My understanding from the patent description is that it's a hybrid capacitive/resistive screen... is that incorrect?
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Originally Posted by Rauha View Post
Interesting to see Motorola as third largest patent holder. I allways thought it was Nokia-Ericsson-Qualcomm.
Nope-- they just make that much noise.
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Originally Posted by Rauha View Post
Interesting to see Motorola as third largest patent holder. I allways thought it was Nokia-Ericsson-Qualcomm.
That chart shows the number of "essential patent families", not their relative importance. It maybe that the 3 most important patents, or 3 more important families, are held by Nokia, Ericsson, and Qualcomm ... but that Qualcomm just doesn't own _many_ of those patents.

(heck, for all we know, the 3 that Qualcomm owns might, alone, be the 3 most important)
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#139
Engadget article was remarkably matter of fact, rather than sensationalism we saw in the Nokia financial results article.

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Originally Posted by mikec View Post
Engadget article was remarkably matter of fact, rather than sensationalism we saw in the Nokia financial results article.

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