Excuses, Excuses.
Sorry for the lack of photo, didn’t want to link one from another blog and it’s late, but I just have to comment on this.
From reading a post on Engadget it seems that their are at least some that feel that Apple pressured HTC into not installing a3.5mm headphone jack into the popular Google Android phone the G1 due to patent issues. Now I don’t think it’s impossible this is true, and am not a patent lawyer (or even close) but common sense to me is that they wouldn’t have much of a leg to stand on since phones have had these jacks (yes even with music control) for longer then Apple have even been rumored to be working on a phone. The Motorola Rokr, and a long list of Nokia phones come to mind.
The multitouch does make sense that apple could have pressured this issue and at least in my mind could be legitimate, while apple is not the first to use multitouch, they are the first to make it practical and widely used. Under some circumstances I could even see some of the gestures and interface schemes considered intellectual property as well.
While this is a necessary evil of our capitalistic economy, it is unfortunate that it is going to stand in the way of good products coming out.
Sorry if this seems rant-ish, lately it seems like either the tech news has gotten increasingly insane or maybe I have been in a bad mood. Next post should be soon, have a topic in mind just need a bit more research before I spout off again.
UPDATED: Definitely didn’t articulate that well, hopefully someone gets where I was going with this. Promise the next post will be better.