To: HAL9000
You know how the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch have these cool screens where you drag stuff around with your fingertips? Yeah, Microsoft will do that, too. Great, huh? Apple didn't invent touch screen devices with the iPhone. Besides, Microsoft has been providing support for touch screen in its tablet PC OS's for years.
25 posted on
05/29/2008 4:16:34 PM PDT by
Kleon
To: Kleon
No, but Apple DID beat MS to market with one. See: Newton.
First touch screen PDA that worked. They’re still in use around the world.
26 posted on
05/29/2008 4:18:59 PM PDT by
Spktyr
(Overwhelmingly superior firepower and the willingness to use it is the only proven peace solution.)
To: Kleon
Besides, Microsoft has been providing support for touch screen in its tablet PC OS's for years. And in it's general purpose OS, where it's referred to as a "mouse port".
To: Kleon
Apple didn't invent touch screen devices with the iPhone. Besides, Microsoft has been providing support for touch screen in its tablet PC OS's for years. Touch screen is not the technology being demonstrated by Microsoft or that is already being shipped by Apple. It is Multi-touch, the ability of the screen to sense and react to multiple contacts at the same time. Apple holds the patent on that.
43 posted on
05/29/2008 10:37:28 PM PDT by
Swordmaker
(Remember, the proper pronunciation of IE is "AAAAIIIIIEEEEEEE!)
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson