Hack multitouch into a T-Mobile G1

Posted by John Brownlee, January 27, 2009 9:33 AM | permalink

Luke Hutchisonw as able to make a hack to the Android kernel and browser and enable usable multitouch support on the T-Mobile G1. Since Apple claims to have patented multitouch colon-deep the wazoo, I wonder if this user's hack makes T-Mobile liable. Clearly the hardware is capable of it, which might imply — to Apple — a patent violation, and give reason for a lawsuit. I doubt it, but it's neat to imagine: the Hot Coffee lawsuit of the gadget world.

Get Multi-Touch Zooming Support on your T-Mobile G1 [Luke Hutch]

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#1 posted by jonathon212 , January 27, 2009 12:15 PM

The Hot Coffee granny WON her suit! http://www.vanfirm.com/mcdonalds-coffee-lawsuit.htm
From the WSJ:
"But now - days after a jury here awarded $2.9 million to an 81-year-old woman scalded by McDonald's coffee."

and rightly so:

[No coffee] came closer than about 20 degrees to the temperature at which McDonald's coffee is poured, about 180 degrees.

Her lawyers got most of it.

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#2 posted by w000t , January 27, 2009 1:51 PM

#1/jonathon212:

I think he was referring to the controversial Hot Coffee mod from GTA: San Andreas.

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#3 posted by stuiethegod , January 27, 2009 2:04 PM

I may be confused, but I didn't think apple had a patent on multitouch screens, they just had a patent on the gesture commands that they use on a multitouch interface; which is even more stupid I think. It'd be like if Microsoft had a patent on right clicking. Regardless multitouch technology has been around since the 80's, so I don't get how apple claim any sort of exclusive rights.