Analyst predicts Apple & Nokia patent disputes

November 28th, 2007 | Category: iPhone Talk

A London-based analyst is predicting tension within the Apple and Nokia camps come 2008, as the Finnish company develops the latest, touchscreen-focused upgrade to its S60 cellphone OS.  Already seen in promotional films, the Nokia Touch appears to use a capacitative touch-sensitive panel called Haptikos that adds haptic feedback to an OS that appears - in pre-release videos

at least - to borrow heavily from the iPhone’s interface.  Richard Windsor, an analyst at Nomura, believes that “Apple will likely view Nokia as infringing on its user interface patents” and seek to delay development and production of the next-gen Nokia handsets.

 

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