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Thanks. I have my own negative opinions about software patent novelty, I just wanted to point out that it was somewhat unique on smart phones.
by flatline3 14y ago
Thanks. I have my own negative opinions about software patent novelty, I just wanted to point out that it was somewhat unique on smart phones.
- praptak 14y agoSuffixing an old idea with "on smart phones" is not innovation, even if you do it first.
- flatline3 14y agoI see your point. My counter-argument would be that it solved a unique touch-screen problem of a lack of keyboard/mouse and a lack of an easy way to highlight text. I think the thing I'm hung up on is that Apple stormed into the phone market and did a whole bunch of smart things that nobody had thought of, but are obvious in retrospect. I don't agree with software patents, but I can't help but hesitate before agreeing that it's beneficial to the industry to let Apple's competitors wholesale copy their work (even the small things).
- yxhuvud 14y agoI disagree. I think it can be innovation, but find the idea of protecting that innovation ridiculous. The question of if something is orthogonal to the question of if something deserves protection.
- 77ko 14y agoI had a Sony smartphone running some sort of Symbian OS which did just this well before the iphone came out.