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appleinsider.com - 1/27/2009

Apple awarded key "multi-touch" patent covering the iPhone

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Apple last week was awarded a monstrous 358-page patent covering the touch screen, graphical user interface, and methods that combine to define the iPhone user experience.

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macrumors.com - 1/29/2009

Next Generation iPhone Model Revealed in Firmware

— macrumors.com — MacRumors has discovered that Apple's iPhone 2.x Firmware has evidence of the next generation iPhone which has... been designated "iPhone2,1". Apple uses these models numbers to distinguish between different hardware models. Th... (more) Next Generation iPhone Model Revealed in Firmware

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pinchmedia.com - 1/29/2009

iPhone 2,1

— pinchmedia.com — the first time an application using Pinch Analytics was run by a ‘iPhone 2,1′ device occurred back... in early October 2008; applications using Pinch Analytics were run by ‘iPhone 2,1′ devices very sporadically until mid-December 2008, when the pace ... (more) iPhone 2,1

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macrumors.com - 2/3/2009

Apple to Allow Background Tasks on iPhone?

— macrumors.com — With the release of iPhone Firmware 2.2.1, many were left wondering what had become of the Push... notification system that Apple had announced at the Worldwide Developer's Conference back in June. While Apple had originally set a Septem... (more) Apple to Allow Background Tasks on iPhone?

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Apple nabs multi-touch patent
The Tech Report: News — ... — 11:50 AM on January 27, 2009 Look out, cell phone makers trying to cash in on the touch-screen craze. As AppleInsider reports, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded Apple a patent for multi-touch technology . The patent ...

Apple wins comprehensive patent for iPhone, bares teeth at Palm
The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) — ... AppleInsider also notes that the patent covers features not seen on the iPhone, but interestingly are critical features of the Palm Pre. For example, Apple's patent mentions a touch-sensitive area that does not display visual output: a dead-ringer for the Pre's gesture area, separate from the touch screen. ...

Apple granted multi-touch patent covering iPhone
DV Hardware — ... technologies that come together in the iPhone. In the patent, Apple claims coverage for the device itself, the way gestures like pinches and zooms are detected, and the software the device runs. Also mentioned are many other different details and aspects of the multi-touch user interface, such as a finger swipe, a two-thumb twist, and a method of determining which object was intended when a touch seems to cover both. More details and some images from the document at Apple Insider. Apple granted multi-touch patent covering ...