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Apple patents touchscreen unlock gestures
- curt 15y agoThis is getting ridiculous.
- jeffool 15y agoAnd it's showing no signs of slowing.
- grecy 15y agoI agree completely, but it's interesting to remember the entire crowd gasped loudly when Steve did the first swipe-to-unlock during the original intro of the iPhone. IIRC, everyone was so impressed he locked the phone and did it again.
- DanBC 15y agoIs there no prior art? Nintendo DS was released in 2004; all those PDAs prior to that, and there's no scribble to unlock? Or is the finger the novel aspect?
- kschua 15y agoIMHO, this is a good idea from Apple. Prior to that, I have to press two buttons to unlock my Sony Ericsson phone. I have to press and hold the Play button on my Blackberry to unlock the key pad. Though I don't have an iPhone, I would love the ability to unlock with just a swipe instead of figuring out the where the button to unlock the keypad on my phone is in the night