[citation][nom]Vorador2[/nom]Jesus, features like that have been around for years on all types of phones. Apple is really patenting anything regardless of prior art.Someone should check if there's an Apple mole in the USPTO. That patents like this pass trough is not normal.[/citation]
This.
What happens to the already existing apps that allow you to do exactly that and much more?
Will their developers be sued into oblivion by the sheer financial power of Apple?
I hope that someone at USPTO is paying attention to this; these devs don't even have the financial means to hire an attorney most of the time, let alone having to pay some royalties for something they have already invented in the first place.
@ wildkitten, have you thought about that?
Innovation (by devs): comes up with idea, looks around, makes app that's better than others, puts it on the market, end of story.
Innovation (by Apple): looks around, sees existing apps, checks with USPTO records, steals idea and app, files for patent, begins lawsuit war against devs; never ending story.