Alphane Moon@lemmy.world to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 8 days agoSidephone's candybar-style phone with swappable keypads expected to ship in January - Liliputingliliputing.comexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down11
arrow-up143arrow-down1external-linkSidephone's candybar-style phone with swappable keypads expected to ship in January - Liliputingliliputing.comAlphane Moon@lemmy.world to Android@lemdro.idEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square10linkfedilink
minus-squareMark with a Z@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·8 days agoI was wondering how they got past apple’s patents. The Sundial tile isn’t really an iPod-style wheel: it’s really just a set of 9 buttons with a circle cover layered on top. They didn’t. It’s the same as every bootleg ipod.
minus-squarefonix232@fedia.iolinkfedilinkarrow-up4·8 days agoWouldn’t Apple’s patents regarding the touch scroll wheel of the iPods be coming to an end sometime around now?
minus-squareMark with a Z@suppo.filinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·edit-28 days agoDon’t know. The first models didn’t use a touch wheel, so maybe not just yet? Either way, this thing doesn’t have it. The wheel is just for the looks with no function, making it pointless.
I was wondering how they got past apple’s patents.
They didn’t. It’s the same as every bootleg ipod.
Wouldn’t Apple’s patents regarding the touch scroll wheel of the iPods be coming to an end sometime around now?
Don’t know. The first models didn’t use a touch wheel, so maybe not just yet?
Either way, this thing doesn’t have it. The wheel is just for the looks with no function, making it pointless.