Yesterday Apple announced it’s earnings and Macworld has a transcript of the conference call. Overall the transcript is pretty long but there was an interesting part that I wanted to draw attention to….
2:54 PT – DM: RBC: Until Palm came out that others negotiated around multi-touch IP, but Palm seems to directly emulate touch interface that iPhone innovated, and that Steve talked about patenting; is that what you’re referring to?
2:55 PT – DM: Tim: Don’t want to talk about any specific company, just making a general statement. We are ready to suit up and go against anyone. However, we will not stand for having our IP ripped off and will use whatever weapons we have at our disposal.
2:56 PT – JS: Translation: Palm, better be sure you’re not infringing on Apple’s patents when you launch the Pre, or else.
Let’s just hope for everyones sake that that Palm is not infringing on any patents and stays in the clear on this one. It would be a shame for both Palm and it’s future customers if something happened to delay or cease the release of the Palm Pre. Obviously Apple has been very happy being on top with the iPhone and does not want to lose any of that Market share to Palm.
During this confrence call Apple reported a profit of $1.61 billion for the fiscal quarter that ended on December 27th 2008. That is an amazing number especially with the economy in the state it is currently in.
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