iPhone pinch feature missing in knockoff

Have you noticed that the iPhone pinch feature for zooming has not been found on the iPhone knockoffs? My guess is that Apple made sure that they had a lockdown on the patents for this feature so others could not simply copy it. It seems equivalent to the iPod scroll wheel which the iPod knockoffs tried to make dummy scroll wheels but were not allowed by the patents to duplicate it identically. This gave the iPod an unique advantage in marketing since the concept was such a hit with consumers. I believe that the pinch feature is the iPhone equivalent which keeps the iPhone on the cutting edge.
I can see the reviews of the iPhone knockoffs saying, "it has a touch screen, but I miss the pinch zoom feature of the iPhone".

Does the Blackberry Storm suck?

Check out the link to PC World:

Blackberry Storm

Several articles express disappointment in RIM's entry to the touchscreen mobile device market that Apple pioneered. Should we cry a little bit for them?

iPod Amazon success

Check out bestselling MP3 players on Amazon:

Bestsellers

It seems to me that when the Holidays come along, people want the iPod, not the imitations. The Zune is behind the third generation pink iPod nano, for goodness sake. I heard Microsoft is planning to lower prices on the Zune to spur demand. It really is a great time when Apple is eating Microsoft's lunch in an important market. A market that MS would love to be dominant, but just can't!

I have waited for these days, and I am savoring every minute!

Snow Leopard ahead of schedule?

Did you hear? Snow Leopard is rumored to possibly be ready in the first quarter of 2009? Would you consider upgrading? I think I might if they even offered a modest number of tweaks in addition to faster performance. Heck, faster performance may be worth it by itself, don't you think?

Labels Dragging Feet!

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Sony going DRM free?

The labels have gone to extraordinary lengths to artificially keep iTunes down by letting other digital distributors sell DRM free tracks for about the same amount as iTunes is required to sell music saddled with the DRM. This article reports a "hunch" that Sony may allow iTunes to sell its catalogue DRM free at the higher bit rate. Thus far only EMI does that.

Will the other major labels finally allow iTunes to compete fairly?

Tough Economic Times

How will Apple fare in these tough economic times? To be sure, all tech companies experienced difficulties after the dot com bust. I'll never forget Steve Jobs prophetic words - how do we get through this? INVEST!! With billions in the bank, Apple is exactly the kind of company designed to take advantage of times like these. With all that liquidity, they really CAN invest at a time when there are great deals to be had. Lots if brilliant engineers want to be a part of a stable and great company.

I believe Apple will thrive. What's your take?