well for one that patent doesn't exist (patent is on the specific interface Apple uses to do it)

two the patent were talking about was granted today and has not been used by Apple for anything.

three as far as I know no phone violates this patent so its not much of an issue is it.

once again...you had to mark it

Um hell yes. And Duh nobody cares whats going on if Apple's not involved. The lawsuit craze started well before Apple came to the party. Just ask Jeff "one click" Bezeos. Apple has had to fend off a lot of stupid suits. such as alphabetizing songs...on the web... Using multicolumn layouts for music just like the ones NeXt created.
But lets face it when it comes Smartphones as they exist today Apple is the Simpsons. No matter what your ideal is Apple already did it.

Yes everybody in the world is stupid cause a 10 year old Palm is just like an iPhone but better. The fact that you could turn a 10 year old palm into a 30 year old terminal is hardly "smart". Yep everybody else did such a great job of perfecting the touchscreen interface that they all found it too easy and abandoned them for keyboard until the iPhone suckered people into thinking they were cool. I bet you had a great old Osborne portable thats just as good as any laptop today too. Plus it had the built in theft deterrent that most people couldn't lift it.

Henry Ford didn't invent the automobile but damn if he didn't invent the car.

Actually the innovation would be adding an indicator to the running app that a call is in progress and allowing that indicator to return the user to the call.

Your logic is like saying Photoshop is not innovative because windows paint can edit photos too.

umm the process you use to do it and the fact that you can do it are two different things.

Let me put this in a form you'll understand.
If you get high smoking pot. smoking pot is the process. getting high is the result. There are lots of other processes you can use to get high.

Palm, Web OS, Windows Mobile, Android, Nokia they all use different processes than this the are all fairly simular but believe it or not patents actually are specific.

let's see having the control to switch apps as part of the phone interface, Adding an indicator to the running app that a call is active and having that indicator return the user to the call screen. The must not be obvious because most phones don't use them.

Really? I have a picture of a Ferrari I'll sell you for $40,000.

So your bitching because this patent is to specific?

There are no FEATURES claimed in the patent. its an interface/process patents. Unless the Simon did everything just like the iPhone it sort of pointless.

well silly if you hit the back button then your not using the process patented here so it's not prior art is it.