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Apple wins over Motorola in 'slide-to-unlock' ruling
- misterbee 15y agoThe bright side is that Android won't be infected with the user-unfriendly finger-straining slide-to-unlock gimmick.
- callumjones 15y agoIs it really that user 'unfriendly'? It seems sort of obvious, you have this button that looks raised above a track with the guide to slide to unlock. From what we've seen of toddlers and babies grabbing iPads and iPhones and unlocking them on first use I think Apple has created a pretty friendly unlock interface. I wouldn't call it a gimmick either, because it works. I've never had an iPhone pocket dial on me.
- peterclary 15y agoI have. The home button has become pressed down long enough to trigger Voice Control, which has then interpreted background noise as a command to call somebody random.
- nodata 15y agoBecause slide to unlock wasn't invented hundreds of years ago for doors.
- forza 15y agoHm, I thought the prior art argument was pretty convincing the last time Apple tried this. http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/08/dutch-judge-considers-apples-slide-to.html http://fosspatents.blogspot.com/2011/08/dutch-judge-consider... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj-KS2kfIr0&t=4m10s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tj-KS2kfIr0&t=4m10s
- TeeWEE 15y agoYeah in the Netherlands the patent was discarded because of this. It just absurd that they can use this patent in the US.
- gcb 15y agogood riddance. all i need is slide keyboard to unlock. ...of course that that would require keyboards to be back. Hate apple and the touchscreen fad. I was happy with my crappy nokia, were it not for the speed. or lack of.
- netcan 15y agogrumble grumble
- stanleydrew 15y ago> Mr Mueller, a patent expert who has in the past consulted for Microsoft, described the ruling as a "very significant win for Apple against Android". How did this guy come to be known as a patent expert? Everything I'm reading in Wikipedia suggests a rather checkered past with regards to reporting on patents.
- andybak 15y agoWho's predictions are often at odds with other commentators and ends up looking misguided (a lot of his commentary on Oracle vs Google). He has some strange axes to grind. I just can't work out why (or exactly what his precise angle is)
- gazrogers 15y agoThis is complete conjecture on my part and could well be completely wrong. His connection with Microsoft may not be completely severed. It's in Microsoft's interest to ensure that there is continuing doubt over whether or not Android is patent-free so they can continue their shakedown of handset manufacturers, so having some "expert" out there sowing the seeds of doubt every time some little claim of infringement appears would obviously be beneficial to them.
- othermaciej 15y agoAs far as I can tell, his predictions on Oracle vs Google have been pretty accurate, despite being at odds with other commentators. Shouldn't we be looking at how predictions match reality, rather than how they match other predictions?
- ZeroGravitas 15y agoHis predictions on damages have been at odds with the Judge's comments which seems quite important.
- othermaciej 15y agoThe only dispute I can recall about damages was many people claiming that Oracle had lowered its damages claims, and Mueller saying they hadn't. When the full damages report was released, it turned out Mueller was right - they changed methodology, but the overall figure did not go down. It's true that the judge has been hard on Oracle's damages report, but I don't recall Mueller ever saying otherwise. He's always said that they key issue is Oracle's ability to get a permanent injunction rather than money damages for past infringement.
- kitsune_ 15y agoNext they'll go after the zipper manufacturers.
- PGenes 15y agoApple, the king of patent trolls.