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- BlackBerry with slide-out keyboard described in new Patent app
- BlackBerry with slide-out keyboard described in new Patent appHybrid Blackberry Patent App not newsAside from the trackball, hasn't this been done already?RE: BlackBerry with slide-out keyboard described in new Patent appDid anyone notice the date this was originally filed - August 28, 2006??It appears this was only Published recently, but...
- Tags: Keyboards, patent, RIM BlackBerry, Research In Motion Ltd., new Patent app, Patent App, keyboard
- Discussion threads 2008-02-28
- BlackBerry with slide-out keyboard described in new Patent app
- A new BlackBerry Patent app just published Thursday describes technology for a BlackBerry device with a slide-out keyboard. The Patent app is entitled, Hybrid Portrait-Landscape Handheld Device With Trackball Navigation and Qwerty Hideaway Keyboard. The Patent abstract, and the accompanying...
- Tags: Orientation, Device, RIM BlackBerry, Patent App, Keyboards, E-mail, Hardware, Peripherals, Online Communications, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-02-28
- New Apple Patent app describes technology for personalized podcasts to iPhone, other devices
- Technology described in a newly published Apple Patent application would let podcast viewers and listeners request personalized podcasts from podcast content creators whose podcasts they subscribe to. The Patent app is entitled, "Creation, Management and Delivery of Personalized Media Items." ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Processor, Apple Inc., Patent App, Media Item, Data Storage Device, Podcasts, Internet, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-02-21
- Flippin' off Microsoft: Patent app describes fingerflip-powered document navigation
- Flippin' off Microsoft: Patent app describes fingerflip-powered document navigationwhat a load of bullIf this becomes a patent than bottom whipping should become a patent too!...Every time you go, M$ gets the 'royalty'.RE: Flippin' off Microsoft: Patent app describes fingerflip-powered documenThere's no way it will make it to a patent. ...
- Tags: Keyboards, Mice, Mainframes, FLIPPIN, Microsoft Corp., Patent App, stylus, gesture
- Discussion threads 2008-02-14
- BlackBerry patent app addresses "battery slump" monitoring, management issues
- A new BlackBerry patent application published just yesterday would improve the ability of BlackBerry devices to read voltage levels. The patent app is entitled System and Method for Managing Battery Slump. As we often do when discussing patents, let's read the Abstract...
- Tags: ADC Telecommunications Inc., Signal, Battery, Monitoring, Trigger, RIM BlackBerry, Transmission, Patent App, Abstract, PA, Battery Voltage, ADC 600, Engineering, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2008-01-18
- If you hate Microsoft you'll really hate this: Patent app calls for "enforcing" ad playback within downloaded multimedia files
- If you hate Microsoft you'll really hate this: Patent app calls for "enforcing" ad playback within downloaded multimedia filesRE: If you hate Microsoft you'll really hate this: Patent app calls forI agree. if i pay to download or if a down load is offered for free. it should be my...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Microsoft Corp., advertisement, Patent App, video, income
- Discussion threads 2007-12-20
- Google Earth inner workings described in newly published Google Patent App
- I've just come across a very recently published U.S. Patent application by Google that appears to explain the inner workings of Google Earth. More specifically, the technology described in this Patent app deals with how mapping-related information within a database makes its way...
- Tags: Geography, Google Inc., Database, Server, Google Earth, Information, Model, Object, Patent App, Keyhole Mark-up Language, Server 130, Servers, Hardware, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-12-13
- Apple Patent app describes "force detection" technology for iPhone touchscreens
- A newly published Apple Patent application seems to describe how touchscreens in use in iPhones interpret touches from users into commands. The Patent app is entitled, Force and Location Sensitive Display. I have to be frank with you. Those of...
- Tags: Touch Screen, Apple iPhone, Substrate, Trace, Apple Inc., Patent App, Keyboards, Monitors & Displays, Telecom & Utilities, Hardware, Peripherals, Components, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-10-11
- New BlackBerry Patent app describes puncutation-mark selector for text
- A BlackBerry Patent application just published this morning describes how BlackBerrys could be enabled to pre-select the best punctuation mark for a block of text. The Patent app is entitled, Handheld electronic device including automatic preferred selection of a punctuation, and associated method....
- Tags: RIM BlackBerry, Member, BlackBerry Patent App, Patent App, Patent Abstract, Handhelds, Hardware, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-09-27
- Patent App would trigger Zune downloads based on user's musical preferences
- Patent App would trigger Zune downloads based on user's musical preferencesIf they could just find a wayIf they could just fine a way to push a Zune out to users, they might actually be on to something! ;)I came across a friend last month who actually BOUGHT a Zune! ...
- Tags: Microsoft Zune, Patent App
- Discussion threads 2007-09-20
- EXCLUSIVE: Apple Patent app describes way for users to resize icons
- A newly published Apple Patent application describes technology that would let users adjust the size of their icons. The Patent app is entitled, Graphical user interface for computers having variable size icons. What's significant about this application is- unlike the...
- Tags: Characteristic, Apple Inc., Size, Icon, User, Value, Patent App, FIG, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-09-06
- EXCLUSIVE: Google Phone Interface platform described in Patent app
- EXCLUSIVE: Google Phone Interface platform described in Patent appAnd the Innovation Here Is?Talk about obvious "inventions." About the only "new" "feature" is the touch screen that lets you be bombarded by advertisements. Just what everyone wants.This is why patents need reform... NTNTExactly...Totally agree with the comment about the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows NT, patent, Patent App, Google Phone, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-05-03
- Exclusive: SBC files patent app for VoIP call management tool
- Exclusive: SBC files patent app for VoIP call management toolI can't believe there isn't prior art here...Our patent system at it's best.A fly just landed on my desk. Please excuse me while I go patent:"Landing Zone, Fly. A location where a Fly stops for a breather. May...
- Tags: Telephony, patent, SBC, patent app, VoIP
- Discussion threads 2005-07-07
- Exclusive: SBC files patent app for VoIP call management tool
- I've just found "System and method for collaborative call management," an interesting SBC Communications patent application for a Graphical User Interface that, according to the patent app, could be used to list the status of participants in VoIP calls.This patent app (20050149876) was published today on the U.S. Patent and...
- Tags: graphical user interface element, patent app, GUI
- Blog posts 2005-07-07
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- Five ways Android could get into trouble
- the only danger lies with patents owned by Apple, M$ or other trolls.Without them, the sky is the limit!Good points! Apples success, and closed software, and AT&T exclusivity are what are giving Android a big push. Verizon ONLY accepted Android on their network to combat iPhone / AT&T for example....
- Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, OPEN SOURCE, opposite, Apple iPhone, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Apple contemplating free, ad-supported iPhone?
- Apple has no tasteOh, wait, no, that was Microsoft that had no taste because there are Windows 7 desktop themes available that have images of Coke cans in them. Isn't that right tigertank? For some reason that I can't wait to hear, this move by Apple, however, is very tasteful.Cue...
- Tags: advertisement, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Revisiting the Motorola Droid on Verizon [Q&A]
- Why the hate for drag and drop?Almost every review I have read faults the Droid because you can't auto-sync music:"(You can dump your music on a microSD card and pop it in, but it?s a copy-paste files affair, not a ?load my music? integrated experience.)"The Droid ships with a 16...
- Tags: Smart phones, Motorola Droid, Droid, Apple iPhone, Revisiting, music, Verizon Communications Inc., Motorola Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- Nokia sues Apple over iPhone
- ?trying to get a free ride on the back of Nokia?s innovation.?What do you mean? All innovation begins with Apple. Remember when they invented the portable digital music player? Or the thin laptop? Or the smart phone and touch screens? They even invented mice and GUI's. Apple invented everything...
- Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Nokia Corp., Apple iPhone
- Discussion threads 2009-10-22
- Can Apple make a Tablet PC "cool"?
- Re:Can Apple make a Tablet PC "cool"?My company is deeply involved in the production of visual materials for the scientific, technical and medical post-secondary education marketplace and they are just dying for a tool such as this for use in the classroom. With a solid customer base here, Apple can...
- Tags: Tablets, Notebooks, Keyboards, PC, tablet, Apple Inc., keyboard, tablet PC
- Discussion threads 2009-10-05
- News to know: Microsoft, ICANN, Best Buy, RIM, mobile apps, Zimbra
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Richard Koman: Judge overturns $388m patent verdict against Microsoft CNET: Court reverses Microsoft patent-infringement rulin Sam...
- Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Mobile, ICANN, Dana Blankenhorn, Zimbra, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Sales Strategy, Advertising & Promotion, Smart Phones, Handhelds, Sales, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-10-01
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