First Look Reviews: Palm Pre smartphone

Can this save Palm and become king of the touch screen smartphone crop? Stuart Miles gets his hands on it to see what all the fuss is all about...

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[Thug541]

Copied what? Touching a screen...multi touch? There are many different patents for multi-touch.

Did you know Palm has a patent on "airplane mode?" Yet every other company has it as well.

Patents can be very vague my friend. Just accept your phone won't be the best on the block anymore.

[Thug541]

Apple didn't come up with it. They bought the company that did.

[Thug541]

Different tech....so no.

[BBnose]

Palm probably hsve to pay fee to apple for the multi-touch funtion. Because Apple just have got the patent of this funtion.

[LoadInUrPants]

very good site. with great info.

[patient451]

company and just like Palm they're bound by legalities. Apple stole some of Palm's stuff. Palm stole some of Apple's stuff. The only difference here is the Pre has been in development since before the iPhone came out. Palm verified this themselves. Apple's patent is less than 3 weeks old. It's still a patent, I'm not saying it isn't, but this is a two-sided deal that Apple should not want to fight Palm over. Bad PR and legal fees will ruin marketing for the next iPhone.

[patient451]

Come on dude. Apple's legal team isn't free. Bringing a lawsuit against a company, even a dwindling one like Palm will be costly. Even if Apple wins they'll spend ungodly amounts of time dealing with Palm's obstacles. I didn't make up facts when I said Palm has AT LEAST 4 patents dating back before the iPhone was ever thought of that Apple violated. Apple's multi-touch claim is legally theirs, yes, but the iPhone is not so purely original that Apple should win all immunities. Apple is a still a

[Wankerlito]

Apple will not lose money. Why? because they are gonna go after all the phone makers out there that uses their patent and sue them one by one.

I'm sure Apple did their research before designing the iphone. Everything will have to be proven in court.

On the other hand, the palm pre is so obvious, you don't  need the court to justify what they copied from Apple.

[Wankerlito]

The way Apple came up with iphone's user interface is pretty impressive and innovative. They should be allowed to protect their efforts and investments

[patient451]

to deter Apple from filing a lawsuit because the legal battle will cost both companies dearly. Apple has more money than Palm but no company ever wants to get into a 50/50 lawsuit that will drain funds and do nothing but bad favors for PR. Palm is not claiming any touchscreen patents, they're just trying to say "yeah, the Pre uses it, but the iPhone uses some of our stuff too". The objective is for the companies to realize the futility of the legal battle and avoid the financial strain.