[horv]

"I'm not sure anyone is arguing the iPhone invented all these individual technologies, and if anyone is claiming that, they shouldn't be as the evidence is overwhelming to the contrary."

Isn't that what the current legal battle over slide to unlock is over? I'll be the first to agree that the iPhone put all the pieces together, but it seems like every other week there's a new lawsuit over some iPhone or Android feature that is more of a common sense thing and probably shouldn't have been granted a patent.

[fpgeek]

The battle over slide-to-unlock is particularly ludicrous because neither Apple nor Android invented it. To the best of my knowledge that honor (in the context of a smartphone) belongs to Neonode with their N1m (though I wouldn't be at all surprised to find out someone had anticipated them, as well).