Apple also experienced a reversal in the U.K. in July, when that body ruled that HTC had not infringed four of its key patents, related to gesture-based unlocking, multitouch interfaces, multilingual keyboards and bounce-back transition animations.

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In conjunction with the iMSO app (available for download from the Apple App Store) and Apple's intuitive multitouch user interfaces, brilliant displays, and computation power, the iMSO-104 delivers the easiest, most intuitive scope solution on the market.

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Former Windows Magazine editor Mike Elgan has referred to the new paradigm as "MPG" (multitouch, physics, gestures) However, while these user interfaces feature streamlined designs and more direct manipulation, they still form a bridge with the graphical user interface.

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