Apple Sues Google Phone Maker HTC for Patent Infringement

Posted by Digg RSS Search for smartphone on March 2, 2010

Apple has filed lawsuits against HTC, the Taiwan-based maker of Google's Nexus One smartphone, accusing it of infringing on 20 Apple patents related to the iPhone.

New Apple patents include haptic feedback, fingerprint ID and RFID tag readers

Posted by Technorati Search for: iPhone 3G on July 2, 2009

A trio of Apple patent applications unearthed this morning may help shed some light on future features and functionality headed to a new crop of iPhones. Then again we all know how easy it is for patents to lead absolutely nowhere. The first and most notable of the bunch is a haptic feedback concept employing a “grid of piezoelectronic actuators” that combine to form a fully tactile touchscreen. In theory, the device could vibrate these actuators in different combinations and at different freque