Comments on: Is Google Android Copying Apple iPhone?

By: simon

simon — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:36:08 +0000

Webkit is becoming increasingly important both for rendering HTML and as a JavaScript engine. Apple uses it for Macs and iPhone; Adobe uses it for AIR; Sun is using it for JavaFX; and Nokia uses for their smartphones

Some people think Mozilla really dropped the ball here….

By: Mr X

Mr X — Sat, 31 May 2008 16:23:56 +0000

The web browser - which engine?

Is webkit taking over? I notice there is even a java front end port - http://weblogs.java.net/blog/ixmal/archive/2008/05/introducing_jwe.html

By: simon

simon — Sat, 31 May 2008 08:06:00 +0000

It’s going to be interesting to see if Apple uses its patents to try to block major competitors from making handsets. I’d imagine it would be pretty tricky to stop companies like Nokia. They have strong IP portfolios of their own around mobile. So, both companies are likely to be infringing each other’s IP… in that case, the result is that companies simply cross-license their patent portfolios.

By: Asam Bashir

Asam Bashir — Fri, 30 May 2008 19:47:17 +0000

http://appft1.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO2&Sect2=HITOFF&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsearch-bool.html&r=1&f=G&l=50&co1=AND&d=PG01&s1=20080122796&OS=20080122796&RS=20080122796

Touch Screen Device, Method, and Graphical User Interface for Determining Commands by Applying Heuristics

Jobs; Steven P. ; et al.

Probably time for Apple and Google to have a little meeting and see if they can come up with some licensing agreement or exchange of services.