News - Apple patents gaming accessory for iPhone, but UK manufacturer reckons it was

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A busy week for Apple as its plans for the mobile gaming market are revealed, and contested.

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I can see what will happen in this situation, Apple will win with no payment and the other guy will have to suck it up.

That is what every body does when apples involved, wonder how HTC is doing right now.

Just when i thought it wasn't possible to dislike apple any more than I already did...

Slightly unrelated but what's the deal anyway with the i at the front of iphone / ipad etc? Is it copyrighted or can anyone call something an i....whatever?

apple tried to get it copywrited and i believe it was turned down as it wasnt really legal or something.

Thanks, that makes sense, should lead to some intresting rip offs; iScreen, iMouse etc.

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Originally Posted by trumpington101

Thanks, that makes sense, should lead to some intresting rip offs; iScreen, iMouse etc.

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Yeah, we could launch a sweet little gadget for all the lovely ladies in our lives and call it an iRon ;)

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Originally Posted by Hicks12

I can see what will happen in this situation, Apple will win with no payment and the other guy will have to suck it up.

That is what every body does when apples involved, wonder how HTC is doing right now.

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Not everyone, remember the "Zen patent"? Good ol' Creative kicked their arses over it :P

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Originally Posted by trumpington101

Thanks, that makes sense, should lead to some intresting rip offs; iScreen, iMouse etc.

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I wouldn't go as far as calling it a 'rip-off' but the most obvious non-Apple i-Something to me would be the iRiver.

Perhaps the BBC iPlayer? Not to mention countless cheap third party peripherals for almost any tech item.