Apple serves notice: Don't rip off the iPhone
Does Apple think the Palm Pre, shown here, rips off the iPhone? We might find out later this year.(Credit: Corrine Schulze/CNET)
Like most people who paid attention to Consumer Electronics Show earlier this month, Apple noticed the Palm Pre.
In response to a question from a financial analyst about Palm's new smartphone and its multitouch interface, Apple COO Tim Cook, without addressing the Pre directly, made sure that everyone on Apple's quarterly earnings call Wednesday knew how Apple feels about intellectual property.
"We will not stand for having our IP ripped off," Cook declared, perhaps firing a shot across the bow of Palm and executive chairman Jon Rubinstein, a former Apple employee. To be clear, Cook did not accuse Palm of such an act, explicitly saying "I don't want to talk about any specific company."
:
