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- inactive, on 06/29/2008, -4/+49I do hope I'll be able to connect to friends wirelessly through the use of an ingenious friend-code system, where I'll be able to draw ***** on a chat window to annoy them when I win. I recall that being a feature of another, similar system.
- MaxMWood, on 06/29/2008, -0/+43What the hell are digital tactile pixels?
- dougvfr750, on 06/29/2008, -2/+39Seems like a handheld with touchscreen has been done already. The patent must include the digital tactile pixels or I'm wondering what's that different.
- amrush4th, on 06/29/2008, -4/+29Screw you iPhone...her comes the pPhones
- lead2thehead, on 06/29/2008, -3/+27You guys aren't getting it. A TACTILE touch screen means that when they draw a button on the screen, you can actually feel it with your finger. The main complaint about the iPhone's keyboard is the lack of tactile response. It's easier to type with old fashioned mechanical buttons because you can feel where they are. If Sony has invented tactile touchscreen, that's a huge advancement.
- LiamIsOnFire, on 06/29/2008, -12/+31Patent for a video game console != Evidence of a video game system to be released in the future.
Nintendo patented a mobile phone like, 10 years ago or something. As you can see, there is no Nintendo mobile phone.
OH SHI- THE DIGG BURY BRIGADE ARE COMING AFTER ME. - inactive, on 06/30/2008, -10/+24Things Nintendo copied:
D-pad
Nintendo's Released 1982
What did it copy Intellivision
Released 1980
Lightgun
Released July 15, 1983
What did it copy Magnavox Odyssey's Shooting Gallery
Released May 1972
Side-mounted Buttons (shoulder/trigger)
Released November 21, 1990
What did it copy Atari 5200/7800
Released 1982/June 1984
Binocular parallax 3D
System Virtual Boy
Released July 21, 1995
What did it copy Sega VR
Released Announced 1991 (Assumed it came out less than 4 years later)
4 controller ports not using a multitap
System Nintendo64
Released June 23, 1996
What did it copy Atari 5200
Released 1982
Analog stick
System Nintendo64
Feature Announced November 24, 1995
Released June 23, 1996
What did it copy GCE Vectrex
Released 1982
How it was different Larger thumbrest
What did it copy Atari 5200
Released 1982
How it was different Larger thumbrest, Self centering
What did it copy Sony Analog Flightstick
Feature Announced August 1995
Released April 1996
How it was different The thumbstick on the Sony was analog potentiometers (same as in Dual Shock), the Nintendo one is actually digital
RAM Expansion Pack
System Nintendo64
Released June 23, 1996
What did it copy Sega Saturn
Released November 22, 1994
Force Feedback
System Nintendo64
Released April 27, 1997 (along side Starfox)
What did it copy CH Products ForceFX
Released November 1996
Color LCD (on a portable)
System Gameboy Color
Released October 21, 1998
What did it copy Atari Lynx
Released October 1989
Dual Analog sticks and integrated rumble
System Gamecube
Released September 14, 2001
What did it copy Playstation 1 Dual Shock
Released Late 1997
Analog triggers
System Gamecube
Released September 14, 2001
What did it copy Dreamcast
Released November 27, 1998
Connectivity to a portable system
System Gamecube to GBA
Released September 14, 2001
What did it copy Dreamcast to VMU
Released November 27, 1998
What did it copy Dreamcast to Neo Geo Pocket Color
Released 1998
RF (not IR) based wireless controller
Released June 10, 2002
What did it copy Mad Catz 900MHz Dual Force Controller
Released September 29, 2001
Touch screen-based portable
System DS
Released November 21, 2004
What did it copy Tiger Electronic's Game.com
Released 1997
How it was different The Game.com's screen was divided into a grid, where DS has per-pixel touch sensitivity, so I'll do another example just in case
What else did it copy Tapwave Zodiac
Released October 2003
Wifi in a portable
System DS
System announced January 21, 2004 (Assumes Wifi announced either the same time as, or after the system)
What did it copy PSP
Feature announced July 29, 2003
Web browser in a portable
System DS
Feature Announced February 15, 2006
Released July 24, 2006
What did it copy PSP
Feature Announced July 21, 2005
Released July 26, 2005
Wifi in a console
System Wii
Released May 17, 2006
What did it copy PS3
Feature announced May 16, 2005
Weight-sensitive board
System Wii fit
Feature announced July 11, 2007
What did it copy 4 Gamers Sportsboard for PS1
Released No idea, but it was for PS1 for Pete's sakes
Web browser in a console
System Wii
Feature announced May 23, 2006
What did it copy Dreamcast
Feature announced November 27, 1998
Bluetooth protocol used for wireless controllers
System Wii
Feature announced May 16,2006
What did it copy PS3
Feature announced May 16, 2005
Using non-console specific flash memory cards
System Wii
Feature announced June 26, 2006
What did it copy PSP
Feature announced December 12, 2004
How it was different PSP only supports Memory Stick Pro/Pro Duo, where Wii supports SD (and probably compact flash)
What else did it copy PS3
Feature announced May 16, 2005
Motion sensing
System Wii
Released N/A
What did it copy Atari 2600 Le Stick
Released "dates back more than 20 years"
What else did it copy Mattel Powerglove
Released 1989
What else did it copy Logitech Wingman
Released 1999
What else did it copy Microsoft Sidewinder
Released 1999
What else did it copy LCD Topgun
Released March 16, 2006
What else did it copy PSP's Mercury Tilt Sensor
Feature Announced December 23, 2004
Speaker in the controller
System Wii
Feature shown May 10, 2006
What did it copy XBOX Nyko SpeakerCOM
Released August 17, 2004
Predictive text entry
System Wii
Feature announced November 6, 2006
What did it copy PS3
Feature released October 19, 2006 - 2:46 p.m. - inactive, on 06/29/2008, -19/+32Sony has gotten so bad at copying other companies stuff, that now they even think they invented it!
budoom-chaa! - Fafnir43, on 06/29/2008, -2/+12Also, the original PSX controller is an SNES controller with two extra shoulder buttons and a slightly different shape. The layout is identical.
- inactive, on 06/29/2008, -3/+12Just because some ***** retard like you can't figure it out doesn't mean it's impossible.
- jaychuck, on 06/29/2008, -3/+11By this logic, the iPhone isn't original and Rock Band isn't original, but who really cares? They are great products, as I hope this device will be.
- lead2thehead, on 06/29/2008, -2/+10Why are you asking me that? I didn't invent the thing. All I did was tell you what "tactile" meant. They never said that the screen's surface was raisable, or even that it was LCD. Maybe it's flexible display with buttons underneath it. Maybe it's like the OLED keyboard. Why do you immediately jump to the conclusion that it can't possibly exist?
And for clarification, YOU don't draw objects on the screen. The software does. When those pretty pictures pop up on your screen, the software developers refer to that as "drawing" an object. For someone who's profile says "20 years experience in the IT industry", I'd expect you to know that. - FoxOrian, on 06/29/2008, -2/+10You could at least try to be more convincing in your statements? "Nintendo patented a phone like, 10 years ago or something," isn't exactly a great way to say it. How about linking a source for proof..?
Also I don't understand your point. Patent for a video game console is evidence that one will be released whereas a patent for a phone is evidence that it will probably never happen? What?
Last time I checked, Sony was actually IN the phone market. - Alex.w, on 06/29/2008, -0/+7Maybe it doesn't raise, maybe it just feels different in some way.. metal vs plastic. That's still tactile.
- kickass911, on 06/29/2008, -8/+15I'm still holding out for the Zune phone
- Stroggoth, on 06/30/2008, -0/+7WAIT a second, folks. I'm not seeing a patent here, just an application and it was filed this year so it could NOT have granted yet. Where is the issued patent? There is NONE because it hasn't even been examined.
Is this another idiot who doesn't understand that patents are published as filed long before grant so that people can file oppositions?
DUGG DOWN for inaccurate title - there is no issued patent here. The USPTO has not yet examined it. - Ajajadude, on 06/29/2008, -6/+13And bashing Sony's gaming department is original?
- pigducksheep, on 06/29/2008, -5/+11I really like my PSP. This sounds interesting.
- marx2k, on 06/30/2008, -1/+7Please tell me you copy/pasted that from somewhere and didn't sit around researching that
- jaychuck, on 06/29/2008, -1/+7Who cares if this isn't "original" or not? (in fact, nowadays, what is?) This seems like a great idea for all portable gaming devices. Touchpad games are fun, plain and simple.
As for the "PSP2" As long as they keep their joystick (but fix it up a bit and maybe add another) and make the original PSP games BC, then I would buy this inn an instant, especially because I lost my last PSP and I've been waiting to hear some solid info on the next device before I bought another one. - funwithgoats, on 06/29/2008, -2/+8Keyword: tactile.
- Gimpyfuzznut, on 06/29/2008, -1/+6The Zune really does have a great interface. They really should get some of the interface designers for the Zune to work on Windows Mobile's next versions.
- hydratedsquash, on 06/29/2008, -2/+6Olfactory pixels.
- petikeke, on 06/30/2008, -1/+5You are looking at things very ignorantly. In terms of, lets say, a handheld games console, some form of tactile touch screen buttons would be much better. Yes for your average tablet pc/palm pilot, the other technologies are more suitable. But for a controller, you need to feel buttons, try playing any button based iPhone game, it feels wrong and half the time you don't even know if you pressing the button.
I think there is gonna be lots of innovation in this field, its hardly going to be old/clumsy. - CaviMike, on 06/29/2008, -3/+7I want my 2 minutes back.
- khyberkitsune, on 06/29/2008, -6/+10And just HOW have they figured out how to make an LCD surface raisable? Sounds like I'd have problems continuing to draw somethign if the surface of the screen raised itself so I could feel it.
- BlueSkyfish, on 06/29/2008, -12/+16Shinythingy, he said nothing about Nintendo. Game.com was made by Tiger Electronics, which classifies as "other companies."
@Schmich, off the top of my head...
D pad
button diamond
shoulder button
analog stick
rumble
motion controls
wi-fi - bhavinp, on 06/29/2008, -0/+3The marvels of technology.
- inactive, on 06/29/2008, -1/+4This isn't a patent for a "handheld device with a touchscreen". It actually describes an entire device, which seems stupid to me because you could make a device that didn't implement all the features they describe and not violate the patent. The most interesting thing is the "tactile pixels" which according to the patent, are a series of "buttons" around the edge of the screen which can be either pressed by the user or by the device itself.
The example they give in the patent is if you were scrolling down through a web page, the button would raise itself once you reached the end of the page. - mattocksrider, on 06/29/2008, -1/+4They haven't been granted anything yet. This is just a published application, it'll be another 2 years, if ever, before they're granted a patent.
- Intrexed, on 06/30/2008, -0/+3It's actually very popular in Japan and Korea. Everybody on the subway is either reading the paper or watching TV. Why would you complain about having this capability on your phone? It makes no sense... 70 channels on your phone is much more impressive than a PSP with the ability to call somebody. Bury me down, but do so knowing you're wrong.
- Vash3001, on 06/30/2008, -0/+3Just make a PSP 2....
- veriix, on 06/30/2008, -0/+3I think you need to recheck your dates.
- Stroggoth, on 06/30/2008, -0/+3"They haven't figured out how to do it yet, they just realised no one else had patented it. "
Wrong, you have to describe how to implement it in the patent application. You cannot predictively patent, a person having skill in the art must be able to implement it without undue experimentation based on the patent specification. - shamanking911, on 06/30/2008, -1/+4i dunno why but i laughed, *diggs*
- Rikkochet, on 06/29/2008, -7/+10It's a touchscreen that responds to pressure - like a Palm Pilot. It's basically a screen you can touch with gloves on.
There are other types (capacitative, resistive) that either require a special stylus (see tablet PCs and drawing tablets) or skin contact with the screen to pick up your movement.
In short, it's a pretty ***** old technology because it's clumsier than the newer ones. - inactive, on 06/29/2008, -2/+5o.O
- rakous, on 06/29/2008, -1/+3Sony and Nintendo are not the same company. His point was that even though Nintendo (might have) patented a mobile phone they never produced any leading to the assumption Sony might not release anything as well.
- Jenadae, on 06/30/2008, -1/+3I hear that new Wii thing has a steady flow of good games coming out for it >.>
- DreamSynthesis, on 06/30/2008, -0/+2From the article it states that the device responds by vibrating when certain pixels are touched.
- HolyChimp, on 06/29/2008, -0/+2We've had TV on phones for a while now in the UK, but they never took off because they wanted to charge about the same as TV costs in your house, plus any bandwidth charges. For £5 a month I'd go for TV on my phone. For £20 a month, not so much.
- chemam, on 06/30/2008, -0/+214. The device of claim 10 wherein the device is configured to be used as game device, phone, portable media player, email device, web browser device or navigation device.
- inactive, on 06/29/2008, -1/+3Which is exactly why expectations should be set high for whatever this is.
- AvidPreatorian, on 06/30/2008, -1/+3i've spotted a fanboy
- frontporsche, on 06/30/2008, -0/+2What's the "[sic]" for? The couple dictionaries I checked seem to prefer "hand-held" over "handheld", if that's it.
- Orcmors, on 06/30/2008, -0/+2It's been three years, just let it go. Almost every article about Sony has at least one person bringing it up. Whichever camp you're shooting from, I assure you, has had at least some shady dealings. Nintendo was caught price fixing and I'm not even gonna bother naming Microsoft's misdeeds.
- HolyChimp, on 06/29/2008, -2/+4They haven't figured out how to do it yet, they just realised no one else had patented it. That's how patents work. Then in 10 years when someone actually makes it Sony can claim their hard earned royalties.
- jo21, on 06/30/2008, -0/+2OH i didn't get your sarcarms first.
but yeah, the wii have no good games comming out since brawl.
/me goes back playing gta4 and metal gear solid 4.. metal gear online is fun btw. - gindc, on 06/30/2008, -0/+2This is a published application for a patent. This is not a patent. Just a publication. Calm down people.
- ispysomething, on 06/30/2008, -3/+5why are you getting dugg down?
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