Apple Never Designed the iPad - They Undesigned it

Re:Apple Never Designed the iPad - They Undesigned it by vecter on Thursday December 08, 2011 @11:44AM (#3329810)

And they all run Windows with a stylus. No capacitive touch screen, no custom app-based OS. It's a qualitative difference.

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Re:Apple Never Designed the iPad - They Undesigned it by D_Drake on Thursday December 08, 2011 @11:57AM (#3329868)

Incorrect. Once capacitive screens that could detect a finger were invented, they were immediately incorporated into tablet PCs. Many tablets incorporated an active digitizer underneath a resistive one, allowing both fingers and styli. As for a custom app-based OS, look no further than any tablet running Windows Mobile, like the HTC Shift X9500.

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Re:Apple Never Designed the iPad - They Undesigned it by drdaeman on Thursday December 08, 2011 @04:14PM (#3331158)

Mis-pasted wrong link?

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Re:Apple Never Designed the iPad - They Undesigned it by freehunter on Thursday December 08, 2011 @04:28PM (#3331217)

I don't think the design patent covers the software or even the hardware. It's about looks, exclusively.

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