Albert Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 this gives new perspective to why steve jobs wanted to go thermo-nuclear on eric schmidt's posterior. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xplatinum Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 OP - Let me enlighten you with this video. Thank me later. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFeC25BM9E0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DConnell Member Posted December 20, 2013 Member Share Posted December 20, 2013 One thing's for sure - if the iPhone wasn't released back in 2007 - nobody would be holding the phone they are right now. The combination of an incredibly responsive touch screen and very intuitive software (at the time) meant it was a game changer. Now, who care's who copies who. The market wants iPhone-like design as a whole, so that's what's happening. Same with TVs (most TVs these days look very similar and have similar interfaces). It's the way of life. The main point is that we're all, whether it's an iPhone, Android or some other phone, using a much better phone than we would be if Apple didn't shake up the industry the way it did back in 2007. I have to agree, and I'm in the "The only way I'll possess an iDevice is if Steve Jobs' zombie forces it into my cold, dead hand" camp. :laugh: Whether you like Apple's products or not, there's no denying their influence on the industry. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notuptome2004 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Sure they have and it is well known they did. http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2010/03/patently_stupid.html The quote was.... you are right but Apples implementation is and was the first of its kind because if you look at the first Andriod Phones that had MT in it even if enabled by default they were far less accurate in its sensors Apple did it right the first time and has since improved upon it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 you are right but Apples implementation is and was the first of its kind because if you look at the first Andriod Phones that had MT in it even if enabled by default they were far less accurate in its sensors Apple did it right the first time and has since improved upon it. What absolutely utter nonsense. Seriously, using a technology that had been out for years before (I have previous smart phones that happily recognised 2 points of multi-touch) and refining it is not "getting it right FIRST TIME" - it's simply refining someone else's first time. Anyhow, Apple claimed they invented it. You said they never said this ("No he and or Apple never claimed they made or well invented multi-tocuh"). They did. Just know when you're wrong! adrynalyne 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 you are right but Apples implementation is and was the first of its kind because if you look at the first Andriod Phones that had MT in it even if enabled by default they were far less accurate in its sensors Apple did it right the first time and has since improved upon it. First of its kind? In the phone factor maybe, but mutlitouch devices were out before Apple's iPhone. http://www.inventhelp.com/Newsletter/2012_11/Who-Invented-Multitouch.aspx#.UrRn6OJV-s0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quantum_Electrodynamics Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 What absolutely utter nonsense. Seriously, using a technology that had been out for years before (I have previous smart phones that happily recognised 2 points of multi-touch) and refining it is not "getting it right FIRST TIME" - it's simply refining someone else's first time. Anyhow, Apple claimed they invented it. You said they never said this ("No he and or Apple never claimed they made or well invented multi-tocuh"). They did. Just know when you're wrong! Actually, there was a recent study that showed the iPhone 5 as having the best touch screen. They defined "best" by measuring responsiveness and accuracy. Also, you could credit the iPhone for making capacitive touch technology mainstream. notuptome2004 is right; most phones back then relied on resistive touching to sense finger movement, which is less accurate then capacitive sensing.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Actually, there was a recent study that showed the iPhone 5 as having the best touch screen. They defined "best" by measuring responsiveness and accuracy. Also, you could credit the iPhone for making capacitive touch technology mainstream. notuptome2004 is right; most phones back then relied on resistive touching to sense finger movement, which is less accurate then capacitive sensing.. Not relevant. He never claimed otherwise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Actually, there was a recent study that showed the iPhone 5 as having the best touch screen. They defined "best" by measuring responsiveness and accuracy. Also, you could credit the iPhone for making capacitive touch technology mainstream. notuptome2004 is right; most phones back then relied on resistive touching to sense finger movement, which is less accurate then capacitive sensing.. He is 100% right... If you ignore his original claim and completely change it. Making a technology mainstream != inventing it. Jobs outright stated that Apple invented multi-touch technology. NotUpToMe stated Jobs never said that. Also, they may have released a phone with the best screen ever seen on a phone with their first iPhone - I 100% agree with that. It may have progressed to be the best multi-touch, again I agree. But they "got it right first time" by it not being the first time said technology had been used. They refined existing tech - good on them. See here's my quarrel with apple and their fanboys: apple do a fair few things REALLY well. Possibly better than their competition. Arguably so. But then they lie about inventing it. Their fanboys can't be happy with "Yeah, it's bloody good" they have to go that inch of BS further to "It's the best, everything is inferior, apple invented the world, you're all jealous" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiver Veteran Posted December 20, 2013 Veteran Share Posted December 20, 2013 He is 100% right... If you ignore his original claim and completely change it. Making a technology mainstream != inventing it. Jobs outright stated that Apple invented multi-touch technology. NotUpToMe stated Jobs never said that. Also, they may have released a phone with the best screen ever seen on a phone with their first iPhone - I 100% agree with that. It may have progressed to be the best multi-touch, again I agree. But they "got it right first time" by it not being the first time said technology had been used. They refined existing tech - good on them. See here's my quarrel with apple and their fanboys: apple do a fair few things REALLY well. Possibly better than their competition. Arguably so. But then they lie about inventing it. Their fanboys can't be happy with "Yeah, it's bloody good" they have to go that inch of BS further to "It's the best, everything is inferior, apple invented the world, you're all jealous" Remove the word "apple" from your last sentance and that sentance can be used for fanboys across just about every product in the world! There are a lot of fanboys who fail to see the benefit in competition and competitors doing well too, if Google, Microsoft and Blackberry (to a lesser extent) hadn't done some good themselves I don't think the iPhone would be half as impressive as it is now. Technology moves forward because competitors "copy" competitors whilst putting their own stamp and features out there too. I'm not a massive fan of apple devices but agree, they pretty much led the market into the now popular smart phone and have almost dictated the direction of mobile phone design for some time now until someone comes up with a new direction. Grinch 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Remove the word "apple" from your last sentance and that sentance can be used for fanboys across just about every product in the world! There are a lot of fanboys who fail to see the benefit in competition and competitors doing well too, if Google, Microsoft and Blackberry (to a lesser extent) hadn't done some good themselves I don't think the iPhone would be half as impressive as it is now. Technology moves forward because competitors "copy" competitors whilst putting their own stamp and features out there too. I'm not a massive fan of apple devices but agree, they pretty much led the market into the now popular smart phone and have almost dictated the direction of mobile phone design for some time now until someone comes up with a new direction. Ok... Lets play devil's advocate. What did Google claim to invent, but did not? Be specific please, as we are being specific with Apple. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiver Veteran Posted December 20, 2013 Veteran Share Posted December 20, 2013 Ok... Lets play devil's advocate. What did Google claim to invent, but did not? Be specific please, as we are being specific with Apple. I'm sure at some point they have, but unfortunately I don't know. Someone here I am sure can provide a scenario where they have claimed to have invented a new technology when they havent. Maybe I have misread somewhere but I believe I have read claims of "we invented multi touch" and I'm sure there was something else more recently with the 5s or perhaps the 5 (NFC or the finger print reader or something) that they didn't necisarly claim they out right invented the technology, but their wording could lead to people believing that they did. At the end of the day that's just clever marketing, again something Apple have been brilliant at. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 I'm sure at some point they have, but unfortunately I don't know. Someone here I am sure can provide a scenario where they have claimed to have invented a new technology when they havent. Maybe I have misread somewhere but I believe I have read claims of "we invented multi touch" and I'm sure there was something else more recently with the 5s or perhaps the 5 (NFC or the finger print reader or something) that they didn't necisarly claim they out right invented the technology, but their wording could lead to people believing that they did. At the end of the day that's just clever marketing, again something Apple have been brilliant at. Hard to misinterpret direct quotes though, right? I linked a video with Jobs saying it outright. I don't know that he ever corrected that comment anywhere else to clarify. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiver Veteran Posted December 20, 2013 Veteran Share Posted December 20, 2013 Hard to misinterpret direct quotes though, right? I linked a video with Jobs saying it outright. I don't know that he ever corrected that comment anywhere else to clarify. Trust me, I do a pretty good job of misinterpreting things! I don't like to say things with an absolute certainty as you can count on the fine knowledgeable people of this forum to shoot me down when I do! Be vague and indecisive, I can always claim stupidty if all else fails :) I also fear that coming across as very anti company X always lables me as fanboy of company Y Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Trust me, I do a pretty good job of misinterpreting things! I don't like to say things with an absolute certainty as you can count on the fine knowledgeable people of this forum to shoot me down when I do! Be vague and indecisive, I can always claim stupidty if all else fails :) I also fear that coming across as very anti company X always lables me as fanboy of company Y Par for the course. I've been called a Windows fanboy when running OS X, and an android fanboy while using an iPhone. And of course variations on that theme. Rippleman 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skiver Veteran Posted December 20, 2013 Veteran Share Posted December 20, 2013 Par for the course. I've been called a Windows fanboy when running OS X, and an android fanboy while using an iPhone. And of course variations on that theme. it's quite ironic, that more often than not the people calling you a fanboy are the fanboys themselves and suffer from the ever growing issues of people having a different opinion to them :rofl: Rippleman and adrynalyne 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PeterTHX Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Article should be titled: How the Apple putting a phone in the iPod Touch forced Google to completely scrap their BlackBerry Clone Buttus 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
techbeck Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Par for the course. I've been called a Windows fanboy when running OS X, and an android fanboy while using an iPhone. And of course variations on that theme. it's quite ironic, that more often than not the people calling you a fanboy are the fanboys themselves and suffer from the ever growing issues of people having a different opinion to them :rofl: People toss out fanboy when they cannot properly prove/support their argument. Whenever someone says "fanboy", that is pretty much the end of the convo. Anyway, good for Google changing Android when it did. No telling what would of came around to give the iPhone some competition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
notuptome2004 Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Article should be titled: How the Apple putting a phone in the iPod Touch forced Google to completely scrap their BlackBerry Clone accept the iPod touch was not announced for almost another year after the iPhone Now to clear things up from earlier now while i was wrong on him saying they invented it the Fact is the iPhone was the first main stream device in its size to use the technolagy it changed how phone were being made form them on . the Iphone was the first to use a captive touch display with Multi-touch while most other phones of the older form factor at the time that were touch based were resitive touch . Apple also and not sure in the first iphone but increased the Touch sensor or so layers in the screen itself adding more layers for a much more accurate operation. but at the end of the Day Every phone Manufacture at the Time of the showing of the iPhone was just shocked and floored at what they were seeing Even X RIM employees or so in an article couple years ago or less siad they thought it was all Faked or something So the Fact is Apple created a Game Changer amnd without it your current my current Andriod phone the LG Lucid would not exist in the form it does now least not in the same way http://appleinsider.com/articles/10/12/27/rim_thought_apple_was_lying_about_original_iphone_in_2007 According to Shacknews poster Kentor, employees at RIM and Microsoft were "utterly shocked" by the iPhone. RIM was allegedly "in denial" about the iPhone, claiming "it couldn't do what they were demonstrating without an insanely power hungry processor, it must have terrible battery life, etc" Kentor wrote. "Imagine their surprise when they disassembled an iPhone for the first time and found that the phone was battery with a tiny logic board strapped to it," the post read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Til I Die Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Ok... Lets play devil's advocate. What did Google claim to invent, but did not? Be specific please, as we are being specific with Apple. Steve probably meant they invented it in its current form. I think it was actually FingerWorks that came up with some of the multi-touch gestures in iOS, and Apple acquired FingerWorks in 2005. I think it's fair to say you 'invented' something when you have acquired the company that invented it. I don't think he meant it to be taken as literally as it is being taken here. I could be wrong, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adrynalyne Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Steve probably meant they invented it in its current form. I think it was actually FingerWorks that came up with some of the multi-touch gestures in iOS, and Apple acquired FingerWorks in 2005. I think it's fair to say you 'invented' something when you have acquired the company that invented it. I don't think he meant it to be taken as literally as it is being taken here. I could be wrong, though. Inventing multitouch is a far cry from, inventing the first phone to use multitouch, or phone-sized multitouch technology. We will never know sadly, but he didn't specify, and FingerWorks didn't invent multitouch either. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Warwagon MVC Posted December 20, 2013 MVC Share Posted December 20, 2013 Are you kidding? As far as the iPhone announcement I can only judge on my feeling watching they keynote for the very first time. I was in Aw. I wanted one right then in there. The 3 way calling, blew my mind! TAZMINATOR 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hardcore Til I Die Posted December 20, 2013 Share Posted December 20, 2013 Inventing multitouch is a far cry from, inventing the first phone to use multitouch, or phone-sized multitouch technology. We will never know sadly, but he didn't specify, and FingerWorks didn't invent multitouch either. Yeah. What I'm saying is, I think the iPhone was the first to use multi-touch gestures such as pinch to zoom, elastic bounceback effects, kinetic scrolling, etc. So it would be fair to say they 'invented' those gestures. When he said they invented multi-touch he probably meant that specific flavour of multi-touch. Like I say, I could be wrong, but it would be a silly, wild claim to suggest that they invented a 20-year-old technology. I suspect he just wasn't specific enough. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TCA Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 Actual title: "How the original iPhone forced Google to completely rebuild Android" Title for Neowin: "How the original iPhone forced Google to copy it" Can we get this man a job as a writer here?! YES Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dick Montage Posted December 21, 2013 Share Posted December 21, 2013 I'm sure at some point they have, but unfortunately I don't know. So you're not sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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