Comments on: Apple COO Growls at Knock-Offs http://www.intomobile.com/2009/01/22/apple-coo-growls-at-knock-offs.html Cell Phone News, Information, and Analysis Wed, 25 Nov 2009 21:54:25 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: ColdReality http://www.intomobile.com/2009/01/22/apple-coo-growls-at-knock-offs.html/comment-page-1/#comment-328008 ColdReality Fri, 23 Jan 2009 00:10:07 +0000 http://www.intomobile.com/?p=36970#comment-328008 Apple didn't invent multi-touch, they were just the first to put it in a smartphone. Palm didn't invent the ringer mute switch, they were just the first to put it in a smartphone. The ringer mute switch on the iPhone, down to its orange coloring and the "buzz" when it's put in vibrate mode, is a blatant and obvious ripoff of the Treo's switch, which invented this feature years and years ago. If Apple sues Palm, Palm should respond by filing an injunction to stop iPhone sales over the switch and demand damages for all 20 million iPhones sold worldwide. Perhaps that would give Apple pause before it decides to bully a competitor rather than innovate. Apple didn’t invent multi-touch, they were just the first to put it in a smartphone.

Palm didn’t invent the ringer mute switch, they were just the first to put it in a smartphone.

The ringer mute switch on the iPhone, down to its orange coloring and the “buzz” when it’s put in vibrate mode, is a blatant and obvious ripoff of the Treo’s switch, which invented this feature years and years ago.

If Apple sues Palm, Palm should respond by filing an injunction to stop iPhone sales over the switch and demand damages for all 20 million iPhones sold worldwide. Perhaps that would give Apple pause before it decides to bully a competitor rather than innovate.

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