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| Could this be the return of physical keyboards? |
Are you kidding me? Just when they released something that I was totally excited about, they do something that completely turns me away from the company yet again. Apple has filed another patent case; but this time, the patent is on touch typing and multi-touch. Now that this case has been upheld, this means that there is a possibility of a BAN of most Android handsets on the market. Now several OEMs like Microsoft and Nokia are fine because of the way Microsoft and Apple has cross-licensed patents all the time. However, that being said, this is a complete disaster for not only OEMs like Samsung, Sony, Lenovo, and .etc, but for the entire mobile device industry has a whole. The reason I say that is because competition drives innovation. Competition is what drives technology forward. If Apple were to ban upright over a half of their competition, then we could see the progression of mobile devices slow down dramatically. And from a consumer stand-point, this is scary business since we love choices and options. Apple is basically ripping that out of our hands.
To be honest, I find that what Apple is doing is completely ridiculous. What I wanted to see from Apple was a company that innovates, not a company that throws punches left and right. How the technology industry works is by companies leapfrogging each other. In fact, this practice is shown in almost every industry. For example, Auto manufactures. Car manufacturers like Mercedes Benz, Mazda, and many others, have made their own variation of BMW's iDrive System. A simple and easy controller to navigate through a car's entertainment system. So what does BMW do in response? They continue to improve upon it, nothing more. Not the kind of response Apple is currently putting together.
There are solutions for Android OEMs. One of which is to go back to the physical keyboard. Whether that would be the solution everyone follows is unknown. However, what is clear is what Apple's current motive is.
Let us know how you feel about this verdict in the comment section!
Apple really just wants a monopoly, and it's a really greedy way of going about it that I just can't agree with. However, I do like physical keyboards, so that portion of it isn't too bad for me. Something like the blackberry q10 with android would be awesome.
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