May 15, 201412 yr You mean, no phones looked like that until they started putting touchscreens on them. Touchscreen -- most common shape is rectangular. EDIT: alright, maybe not. It still strikes me as much as Yamaha's patent on FM synthesis.
May 15, 201412 yr except that no phones looked like that until theirs did. That is utter bullshit fanboi. I'll post some pre-iPhone shit tomorrow.
May 15, 201412 yr I'm not really arguing it should be able to be patented, I just think the iphone did drastically change the direction phones were going. I honestly wish there were more variety, because innovation is good.
May 15, 201412 yr The off-topic shit in this thread is almost as tedious as the on-topic shit. At least the past few posts have discussed actual products
May 15, 201412 yr Adding to the tedium, I just have to make a couple of points in response to that bogus timeline. First of all, that timeline is wrong because placing the Samsung F700 in December 2007 is a lie. The F700 was designed by Samsung in August 2006 before the iPhone was made public; Samsung got a Korean design patent for F700 that was filed in December 2006 before ANY of the iPhone patents were filed; the F700 was announced and shown at the Barcelona consumer electronics fair in February 2007, which was a month after the iPhone was announced; and it was first released in August 2007 while the iPhone was first released on June 29, 2007. The large rectangular screens that became available first with resistive touch technology and then with capacitive touch technology dictated that smartphones were going to be rectangular for the most part. Use by humans and storage in pockets dictates rounded outside corners for the most part because they are more ergonomic and approachable. I do not deny that Apple had an impact on how mobile phones looked, but there were rounded rectangle phones at Samsung and elsewhere for years prior to the iPhone. So, it is not correct to say they caused a drastic change -- function dictated the form before and since -- and the scope they claim for their patents is ludicrous. 2004 2005 2006 2007
May 15, 201412 yr At least the past few posts have discussed actual products HA! Yep, the modern form factor of smartphones is pretty much a given that they mostly go in pockets. Edit: (Oops, Voltron got that already) I do, however, find it funny that before the iPhone, there was what looked like an arms race to the smallest flip phone possible. Now, its the opposite. But, back on topic.... fuck Light Harmonic. Edited May 15, 201412 yr by roadtonowhere08
May 16, 201412 yr Has Light Harmonic actually delivered product to people? I think I've seen a few unboxing videos, but they seem to have been done by review sites.
May 16, 201412 yr Author I think the Out has made it to the majority of sponsors at this point. At least I know several. Haven't heard myself though.
May 16, 201412 yr I think they have hit all "backers" but no pre-orders yet.... Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
May 16, 201412 yr Thanks for that post, Al, I wasn't finding it tedious. I suspect everyone has a topic about which they become cranky (I think we all know one of my main ones), and this is just one of theirs.
May 19, 201412 yr They seem to be pretty good at delivering new indiegogo campaigns. Maybe they should have an indiegogo campaign to deliver future indiegogo campaigns, to show that they can deliver something promptly.
May 19, 201412 yr Has Light Harmonic actually delivered product to people? I think I've seen a few unboxing videos, but they seem to have been done by review sites. i think they shipped that thing that breaks off your USB port but maybe it was just big time reviewers/shills that got theirs. i havent followed it closely enough. i have no idea how many things they are 'making' now
May 20, 201412 yr http://www.audiostream.com/content/third-times-charm these things are non-refundable and people still sign up? really? Edited May 20, 201412 yr by justin
May 20, 201412 yr are they non-refundable? Looking on the kickstarter page it looks like the payment plan has the no refund note.
May 20, 201412 yr I sure hope that goes away. People like these people are going to ruin Kickstarter. Also, lollers @ "You got my money I hoe I get my Geek Out his week." You're a what...?
May 21, 201412 yr I'm still amazed that there's actually a payment plan option. FFS, it's a funding campaign!
May 21, 201412 yr I'm still amazed that there's actually a payment plan option. FFS, it's a funding campaign! Whoa. Uh...I'm at least a bit surprised that kickstarter permits that.
May 28, 201412 yr Al, always wondered: did Palm/Samsung have any special patents around the icons on the screen of the SPH-i300? I had one of these in 2001 and loved it: http://zatz.com/computingunplugged/article/the-samsung-sph-i300-a-great-combination-device/ Edited May 28, 201412 yr by Cee Tee
May 30, 201412 yr This Geek Pulse can be yours for just 5 easy payments of $49.95, but you need to call now.
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