Heretics
The glorious Apple religion which brings
hope to the hopeless is planning to purge the world of those who it thinks copy
its perfect pattern.
Apparently Apple is particularly miffed at Palm's Pre
multitouch smart phone which many punters think might actually be better than
the iPhone. Apple's Chief Operating Officer Tim Cook taking a loaded question
from a hack who said that the Palm Pre seemed to directly emulate the iPhone's
innovative interface, said that he will not stand for companies infringing on
our IP.
The Palm has a multi-touch interface which hacks in the US who have
been drinking of the Apple cool aid claim is the same as the iPhone's. They
also say that since it was developed by Jon Rubinstein, formerly Apple's head
hardware engineer, it must have been copied. However Palm spokesperson Lynn
Fox said that if Apple wants to sue over the touch interface it should bring it
on.
She said that Palm had a long history of innovation that is reflected in
its products and robust patent portfolio and we have long been recognised for
our fundamental patents in the mobile space. She said that if the outfit was
faced with legal action, it was confident that it had the tools necessary to
defend itself.
In other words if Apple wants to take on Palm it might find
that it has breached a few patents of Palm's along the way and it could get
itself into a tangled mess.