It's not the fact that it's an Apple patent that makes it doubtful. It's the fact that the screen is resistive, not capacitive and it wouldn't be easy for the resistive layer to recognize 2 separate inputs simultaneously. I know at MWC there was a company that showed off a kickass resistive touchscreen that supported multitouch and could detect how much pressure you were using to touch the screen and all that but it was very early in its development.
I did say it was the first post by that person and therefore i couldn't or wouldn't guarantee the accuracy of anything posted, But i have to say Apple may well have a patent of some sort for Multi Touch but that hasn't stopped the Palm Pre or the soon to be released HTC Hero from also having it on their devices. So as much as Apple may like to think Multi Touch is only theirs to use and exclusive that doesn't seem to be the case now does it? As Apple have known the Palm Pre was coming for ages and haven't sued them and I'm sure if they could of they would of and they don't seem to have warned or threatened HTC either.
Marc
Never ever argue with an idiot. They'll drag you down to their level and beat you with experience every time.
If a company improves Multi touch, then Apples Patent becomes null.
The multitouch patent gets miscontrued so much. Apple doesn't have a patent on the ability to use 2 or more fingers at once on a touchscreen. They simply have patented the technology they use to implement multi-touch on the iPhone and iPod Touch. That's all. We have a Microsoft Surface in our office that supports multi-touch and there are plenty of tablet PCs that support it as well.
Originally Posted by Blaxx
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