No suit has been filed. Apple is considering it but has not acted.
Apple's patents do not appear that strong. I have read them. Their "best" patent basically lists many of the gestures used in the iPhone's UI. Some of these are probably not original enough to patent. All gestures listed are described as being done on a touchscreen, not on a touchpad. This is possibly why the Pre includes a touchpad under the actual screen. If need be, Palm can modify an infringing gesture to include the touchpad. For example, instead of pinch to zoom, you could put one finger on the spot of the screen to zoom to and slide the other on the touchpad.
Apple's other relevant patents concern hardware involved in touchscreens, which is not likely to be a big obstacle.
Anyway, these sort of patent disputes are not resolved quickly. Palm will be on Pre version 2 before anything is decided.
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there is not yet turn by turn gps nav software for the iPhone. The phone can do it but apple prohibits it.
You might wait a couple months for the palm pre. Palm will not be screening pre apps like apple does. .
Not if Apple gets their way. They're sueing Palm for multi touch patent infringement.
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